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2. California Public Records Act - Wikipedia

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   The California Public Records Act (Statutes of 1968, Chapter 1473; currently codified as Chapter 3.5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the California Government Code) [1] was a law passed by the California State Legislature and signed by governor Ronald Reagan in 1968 requiring inspection or disclosure of governmental records to the public upon ...

3. Lanterman–Petris–Short Act - Wikipedia

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   The Lanterman–Petris–Short (LPS) Act ( Chapter 1667 of the 1967 California Statutes, codified as Cal. Welf & Inst. Code, sec. 5000 et seq.) regulates involuntary civil commitment to a mental health institution in the state of California. The act set the precedent for modern mental health commitment procedures in the United States.

4. Medical privacy - Wikipedia

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   Medical privacy, or health privacy, is the practice of maintaining the security and confidentiality of patient records. It involves both the conversational discretion of health care providers and the security of medical records. The terms can also refer to the physical privacy of patients from other patients and providers while in a medical ...

5. HIV Disclosure and the Law - WebMD

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   Disclosure to State and Federal Governments. When you test positive for HIV, your doctor, clinic, or testing site is legally required to report the result to your state’s health department.

6. Medical Board of California - Wikipedia

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   The Medical Board of California (MBC) is a state government agency which licenses and disciplines physicians, surgeons and certain allied healthcare professionals in California. The Board provides two principal types of services to consumers: (1) public-record information about California-licensed physicians, and (2) investigation of complaints ...

7. Autopsies: When and Why Are They Done? - WebMD

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   Although laws vary, nearly all states call for an autopsy when someone dies in a suspicious, unusual, or unnatural way. Many states have one done when a person dies without a doctor present ...

8. Immunization Exemptions: The Rules & Laws Explained - WebMD

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   All 50 states and the District of Columbia allow medical exemptions. Every state except three -- California, Maine, Mississippi, New York, and West Virginia -- allows religious exemptions. And 15 ...

9. California Senate Bill 1386 (2002) - Wikipedia

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   California S.B. 1386 was a bill passed by the California legislature that amended the California law regulating the privacy of personal information: civil codes 1798.29, 1798.82 and 1798.84. This was an early example of many future U.S. and international security breach notification laws, it was introduced by California State Senator Steve ...