Notwithstanding the general confidentiality protections of Welf. & Inst. Code 5328, if the patient gives his or her consent, information specifically pertaining to the existence of genetically handicapping conditions may be released to qualified professional persons for purposes of genetic counseling for blood relatives upon request of the blood relative.
All testing results and personal information generated from hereditary disorders programs shall be made available to an individual over 18 years of age, or to the individual's parent or guardian (subsection (i); all testing results and personal information from hereditary disorders programs obtained from any individual shall be confidential except for information that the individual/parent/guardian consents to be released, provided that the individual is fully informed of the scope of the information requested, the risks/benefits/purposes for the release, and the identity of to whom the inform
Information on the operation of all programs on hereditary disorders within the state, except for confidential information obtained from participants in the programs, shall be open and freely available to the public.
Individuals over 18 years of age or the individual's parent or guardian shall have access to all testing results and personal information created through hereditary disorders programs.
Every physician, surgeon or other attending person shall report to the department occurrences of newborns diagnosed as having had rhesus isoimmunization hemolytic disease.
A physician, surgeon or other person providing prenatal care or attending the woman at the time of labor or delivery shall obtain a blood specimen for test that have not been documented, if during the final review a prenatal care medical tests, a pregnant woman's medical records do not contain a rhesus antibody blood type test, Hepatitis B test, or HIV test. The results of such tests shall be reported to the physician, surgeon, or other person who ordered the test, and the woman tested.
