As per 121025, all reported cases of HIV infection shall not be disclosed, discovered or compelled to be produced in any civil, criminal, administrative, or other proceeding.
Any health practitioner who performs a forensic medical examination of a person in the custody of law enforcement from whom evidence is sought in connection with a sexual assault crime, shall prepare a written report on standard form of the Office of Emergency Services and provided to law enforcement agency with custody of the individual. The examination and report is subject to the confidentiality requirements of the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
Every professional liability insurer to a licensed health care provider shall send a complete report to the pertinent board as to any settlement/arbitration award over three thousand dollars of a claim or action for damages for death or personal injury caused by that license holder's negligence, error, or omission in practice, or by his or her rendering of unauthorized professional services.
Every professional liability insurer of dentists shall send a complete report to the Dental Board of California as to any settlement or arbitration award over ten thousand dollars of a claim or action for damages for death or personal injury caused by that person's negligence, error, or omission in practice, or rendering of unauthorized professional services.
Within 10 days of a state court judgment that a licensed health care provider is liable for any death or personal injury resulting in a judgment exceeding $30,000 caused by negligence, error or omission in practice, or his or her rendering unauthorized professional services, the clerk of the relevant court that rendered the judgment shall report that fact to the agency that issued the license, certificate, or other similar authority.
A licensing agency may order a licentiate to be examined by one or more physicians, surgeons or psychologists if the licentiate appears to be unable to practice his profession safely due to of an impairment caused by mental or physical illness. The examination report must be made available to the licentiate and may used as evidence in subsequent proceedings.
If there is insufficient evidence to bring an action against a licentiate then all records of the proceedings shall be confidential and not subject to subpoena. If there are no further proceedings conducted to determine the licentiate's ability to practice within five years, then the licensing agency must destroy all records or the proceedings. If there are new proceedings within five years, then the records must be made available to the respondent.
A confidential settlement agreement may prevent defendant from disclosing medical information or personally identifying information of the victim of a felony sex offense.
A confidential settlement agreement may prevent defendant from disclosing medical information or personally identifying information of the victim of a felony sex offense.
No copy, reproduction, or facsimile shall be made of any photograph, negative, or print, including instant photographs and video tapes, of the body of a deceased person, taken by or for the coroner at the scene of death or in the course of a post mortem examination or autopsy, except for criminal proceeding or by order of court.
