California Health and Safety Code

§ 123605

HSC § 123605 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 106 · Part 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)Each county shall establish protocols between county health departments, county welfare departments, and all public and private hospitals in the county, regarding the application and use of an assessment of the needs of, and a referral for, a substance exposed infant to a county welfare department pursuant to Section 11165.13 of the Penal Code.

(b)The assessment of the needs shall be performed by a health practitioner, as defined in Section 11165.8 of the Penal Code, or a medical social worker. The needs assessment shall be performed before the infant is released from the hospital.

(c)The purpose of the assessment of the needs is to do all of the following:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.