Section 6006.5 Of Chapter 4.5. Examination Of Staff For Tuberculosis From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 4.5.
6006.5
. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
shall apply:
(a) "Department" means the Department of Corrections, the
Department of the Youth Authority, the Board of Prison Terms, or the
Youthful Offender Parole Board.
(b) "Examination or test" means methods, processes, or other
means, including a chest X-ray, conducted in accordance with the
recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
as specified in the department's guidelines for tuberculosis
control, to determine if a person has, has had, or has been exposed
to tuberculosis.
(c) "Medical evaluation" means taking a history or gathering other
information and may include, but is not limited to, listening to the
chest or other examinations or tests, as specified in the department'
s guidelines for tuberculosis control, used to diagnose and assess
the health conditions of the person.
(d) "Followup care" means the continued medical evaluations,
monitoring, or care of a person after his or her initial visit,
examination, or test, including, but not limited to, preventive
therapy.
(e) "Certificate" means the official document developed and issued
by the department that indicates the absence of tuberculosis in an
infectious stage and that is signed by a physician and surgeon who is
licensed by the Medical Board of California or the Osteopathic
Medical Board of California under Division 2 (commencing with Section
500) of the Business and Professions Code or his or her designee.
The certificate shall indicate that the examination, test, or
evaluation was performed in accordance with the recommendations of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and as specified in
the department's guidelines for tuberculosis control.
(f) "Negative skin test" shall have the same meaning as it is
defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
department's guidelines for tuberculosis control as the definition
reads at the time of the examination.
(g) "Positive skin test" shall have the same meaning as it is
defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
department's guidelines for tuberculosis control as the definition
reads at the time of the examination.
(h) "Institution" means any state prison, camp, center, office, or
other facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority.
(i) "Infectious or contagious stage" means the period when a
disease is capable of being transmitted from one person to another
with or without contact.
(j) "Tuberculosis converter" shall have the same meaning as it is
defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.