California Health and Safety Code

§ 103825

HSC § 103825 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 102 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that birth defects, stillbirths, and miscarriages represent problems of public health importance about which too little is known; that these conditions lead to severe mental anguish on the part of parents and relatives and frequently to high medical care costs; and that a system to obtain more information about these conditions could result in development of preventive measures to decrease their incidence in the future. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to accomplish all of the following:

(a)To maintain an ongoing program of birth defects monitoring statewide. “Birth defect” as used in this chapter means any medical problem of organ structure, function, or chemistry of possible genetic or prenatal origin.

(b)To provide information on the incidence, prevalence, and trends of birth defects, stillbirths, and miscarriages.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.