California Health and Safety Code

§ 103870

HSC § 103870 Effective Jul 10, 2017Div. 102 · Part 2 · Ch. 1.6

Statute text

(a)Beginning January 1, 2018, the department shall collect data on the incidence of Parkinson’s disease in California. The program shall be known, and may be cited, as the Richard Paul Hemann Parkinson’s Disease Program.

(b)The department shall establish a system for the collection of information determining the incidence and prevalence of Parkinson’s disease. The department shall designate Parkinson’s disease as a disease required to be reported in the state or any part of the state. All cases of Parkinson’s disease diagnosed or treated in California shall be reported to the department.

(c)The department shall provide notification of the mandatory reporting of Parkinson’s disease on its Internet Web site and shall also provide that information to associations representing physicians and hospitals and directly to the Medical Board of California at least 90 days prior to requiring information be reported.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 52, Sec. 12. (SB 97) Effective July 10, 2017.