California Health and Safety Code § 120440

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Health care provider” means any person licensed pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code or a clinic or health facility licensed pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200). (2) “Schools, childcare facilities, and family childcare homes” means those institutions referred to in subdivision (b) of Section 120335, regardless of whether they directly provide immunizations to patients or clients. (3) “WIC service provider” means any public or private nonprofit agency contracting with the department to provide services under the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, as provided for in Article 2 (commencing with Section 123275) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 106. (4) “Health care plan” means a health care service plan as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 1345, a government-funded program the purpose of which is paying the costs of health care, or an insurer as described in Sections 10123.5 and 10123.55 of the Insurance Code, regardless of whether the plan directly provides immunizations to patients or clients. (5) “County human services agency” means a county welfare agency administering the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200.5) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (6) “Foster care agency” means any of the county and state social services agencies providing foster care services in California. (7) “Tuberculosis screening” means an approved intradermal tuberculin test or any other test for tuberculosis infection that is recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and licensed by the federal Food and Drug Administration. (b) (1) Local health officers may operate immunization information systems pursuant to their authority under Section 120175, in conjunction with the Immunization Branch of the State Department of Public Health. Local health officers and the State Department of Public Health may operate these systems in either or both of the following manners: (A) Separately within their individual jurisdictions. (B) Jointly among more than one jurisdiction. (2) This subdivision does not preclude local health officers from sharing the information set forth in paragraphs (1) to (13), inclusive, of subdivision (c) with other health officers jointly operating the system. (c) Notwithstanding Sections 49075 and 49076 of the Education Code, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 10850) of Part 2 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or any other law, unless a refusal to permit recordsharing is made pursuant to subdivision (e), health care providers, and other agencies, including, but not limited to, schools, childcare facilities, service providers for the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), health care plans, foster care agencies, and county human services agencies, shall disclose the information set forth in paragraphs (1) to (13), inclusive, from the patient’s medical record, or the client’s record, to local health departments operating countywide or regional immunization information and reminder systems and the State Department of Public Health. With respect to the information set forth in paragraph (13), a health care provider is only required to disclose information that is voluntarily provided by the patient or client. A health care provider shall not disclose any information set forth in paragraph (13) relating to any patient or client who is under 18 years of age. Local health departments and the State Department of Public Health may disclose the information set forth in paragraphs (1) to (13), inclusive, to each other and, upon a request for information pertaining to a specific person, to health care provide

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