California Health and Safety Code

§ 103865

HSC § 103865 Effective Jan 1, 2005Div. 102 · Part 2 · Ch. 1.5

Statute text

(a)The director shall establish a statewide system for the collection of information determining the incidence of Parkinson’s disease. Commencing January 1, 2005, the director shall begin phasing in the statewide Parkinson’s disease reporting regions. By July 1, 2006, all county or regional registries shall be implemented or initiated. By July 1, 2007, the statewide Parkinson’s disease reporting system shall be fully operational. On or before June 1, 2005, the director shall submit an implementation and funding schedule to the Legislature.

(b)The department may designate any demographic parts of the state as regional Parkinson’s disease incidence reporting areas and may establish regional Parkinson’s disease registries, with the responsibility and authority to carry out the intent of this section in designated areas. Designated regional registries shall provide to the department, on a timely basis, Parkinson’s disease incidence data as designated by the department. The department may contract with an agency, including, but not limited to, a health systems agency, single-county health department, multicounty health department grouping, or nonprofit professional association, representing a designated Parkinson’s disease reporting region for the purposes of collecting and collating Parkinson’s disease incidence data.

(c)The director shall designate Parkinson’s disease as a disease required to be reported in the state or any demographic parts of the state in which Parkinson’s disease information is collected under this section. All cases of Parkinson’s disease diagnosed or treated in the reporting area shall thereafter be reported to the representative of the department authorized to compile the Parkinson’s disease data, or any individual, agency, or organization designated to cooperate with that representative.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 945, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.