Immunizations: disclosure of information: tuberculosis screening.

Existing law regulates the sharing of a patient's or client's immunization information between a health care provider, local health department, the State Department of Public Health, and other agencies. Existing law prescribes the process by which a patient or client, or parent or guardian of a patient or client, may refuse to allow the information to be shared and requires the health care provider administering the immunization to provide the patient with designated notice. Existing law permits local health departments and the department to share the name of a patient or client, or parent or guardian of a patient or client, with a state, local health department, health care provider,…