California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 120500

Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 835, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.

As used in the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act (Section 27) “venereal diseases” means syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, lymphopathia venereum, granuloma inguinale, and chlamydia.

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Cal. Health & Saf. Code § 120500 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/hsc/division-105-communicable-disease-prevention-and-control/part-3-sexually-transmitted-disease/chapter-1-prevention-and-control/section-120500

Other sections in Chapter 1 - Prevention and Control

§ 120500§ 120505§ 120510§ 120511§ 120515§ 120520§ 120525§ 120530§ 120535§ 120540…§ 120565§ 120570§ 120575§ 120580§ 120582§ 120585§ 120590§ 120595§ 120600§ 120605

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