Section 7521 Of Chapter 3. Notification Requirement From California Penal Code >> Title 8. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3.
7521
. (a) When a parole or probation officer learns from
responsible medical authorities that a supervised person in his or
her custody has any of the conditions listed in Section 7520, but
that the supervised person has not properly informed his or her
spouse, the officer may ensure that this information is relayed to
the spouse only through either the chief medical officer of the
institution from which the person was released or the physician and
surgeon treating the spouse or the supervised person. The parole or
probation officer shall seek to ensure that proper counseling
accompanies release of this information to the spouse, through the
person providing the information to the inmate's spouse.
(b) If a parole or probation officer has received information from
appropriate medical authorities that one of his or her supervised
persons is HIV infected or has AIDS or hepatitis B or C, and the
supervised person has a record of assault on a peace officer, and the
officer seeks the aid of local law enforcement officers to apprehend
or take into custody the supervised person, he or she shall inform
the officers assisting him or her in apprehending or taking into
custody the supervised person, of the person's condition, to aid them
in protecting themselves from contracting AIDS or hepatitis B or C.
(c) Local law enforcement officers receiving information pursuant
to this subdivision shall maintain confidentiality of information
received pursuant to subdivision (b). Willful use or disclosure of
this information is a misdemeanor. Parole or probation officers who
willfully or negligently disclose information about AIDS or hepatitis
B or C infection, other than as prescribed under this title or any
other provision of law, shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) For purposes of this section, "supervised person" means a
person on parole, probation, mandatory supervision pursuant to
paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or postrelease
community supervision.