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. As used in this title, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) "Correctional institution" means any state prison, county
jail, city jail, Division of Juvenile Justice facility, county- or
city-operated juvenile facility, including juvenile halls, camps, or
schools, or any other state or local correctional institution,
including a court facility.
(b) "Counseling" means counseling by a licensed physician and
surgeon, registered nurse, or other health professional who meets
guidelines which shall be established by the State Department of
Public Health for purposes of providing counseling on AIDS and
hepatitis B and C to inmates, persons in custody, and other persons
pursuant to this title.
(c) "Law enforcement employee" means correctional officers, peace
officers, and other staff of a correctional institution, California
Highway Patrol officers, county sheriff's deputies, city police
officers, parole officers, probation officers, and city, county, or
state employees including but not limited to, judges, bailiffs, court
personnel, prosecutors and staff, and public defenders and staff,
who, as part of the judicial process involving an inmate of a
correctional institution, or a person charged with a crime, including
a minor charged with an offense for which he or she may be made a
ward of the court under Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, are engaged in the custody, transportation, prosecution,
representation, or care of these persons.
(d) "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(e) "Human immunodeficiency virus" or "HIV" means the etiologic
virus of AIDS.
(f) "HIV test" or "HIV testing" means any clinical laboratory test
approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for HIV,
component of HIV, or antibodies to HIV.
(g) "Inmate" means any of the following:
(1) A person in a state prison, or city and county jail, who has
been either convicted of a crime or arrested or taken into custody,
whether or not he or she has been charged with a crime.
(2) Any person in a Division of Juvenile Justice facility, or
county- or city-operated juvenile facility, who has committed an act,
or been charged with committing an act specified in Section 602 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(h) "Bodily fluids" means blood, semen, or any other bodily fluid
identified by either the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention or State Department of Public Health in appropriate
regulations as capable of transmitting HIV or hepatitis B or C.
(i) "Minor" means a person under 15 years of age.