California Health and Safety Code

§ 11362.71

HSC § 11362.71 Effective Jun 27, 2017Div. 10 · Ch. 6 · Art. 2.5

Statute text

(a)(1) The department shall establish and maintain a voluntary program for the issuance of identification cards to qualified patients who satisfy the requirements of this article and voluntarily apply to the identification card program.

(2)The department shall establish and maintain a 24-hour, toll-free telephone number that will enable state and local law enforcement officers to have immediate access to information necessary to verify the validity of an identification card issued by the department, until a cost-effective Internet Web-based system can be developed for this purpose.

(b)Every county health department, or the county’s designee, shall do all of the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 27, Sec. 135. (SB 94) Effective June 27, 2017.