California Health and Safety Code

§ 125107

HSC § 125107 Effective Jan 1, 2008Div. 106 · Part 5 · Ch. 1 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)For purposes of this section, “prenatal care provider” means a licensed health care professional providing prenatal care within his or her lawful scope of practice. This definition shall not include a licensed health care professional who provides care other than prenatal care to a pregnant patient.

(b)The prenatal care provider primarily responsible for providing prenatal care to a pregnant patient shall offer human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) information and counseling to every pregnant patient. This information and counseling shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:

(1)A description of the modes of HIV transmission.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 550, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.