Section 1798.180 Of Article 4. Poison Control Centers From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2.5. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 4.
1798.180
. (a) The authority shall establish minimum standards for
the operation of poison control centers.
(b) The authority shall establish geographical service areas and
criteria for designation of regional poison control centers. The
authority may designate poison control centers which have met the
standards established pursuant to subdivision (a), in accordance with
the criteria adopted pursuant to this subdivision.
(c) No person or persons, business, agency, organization, or other
entity, whether public or private, shall hold itself out as
providing a poison advice service or use the term poison control
center, poison advice center, or any other term which implies that it
is qualified to provide advice on the treatment or handling of
poisons in its advertising, name, or in printed materials and
information it furnishes to the general public unless that entity
meets one of the following conditions:
(1) Has been designated as a poison control center by the
authority.
(2) Is a company or organization which provides a poison
information service for products or chemicals which it manufactures
or distributes.
(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a qualified health care
professional, within his or her level of professional expertise,
from providing advice regarding poisoning or poisons to his or her
patient or patients upon request or whenever he or she deems it
warranted in the exercise of his or her professional judgment, as
otherwise permitted by law.