On February 21, 2008, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Office of AIDS (OA) received written notification that the final emergency regulations governing name-based HIV reporting became permanent on February 6, 2008, when they were approved by the Office of Administrative Law and filed with the Secretary of State’s Office. The emergency regulations were first promulgated on January 8, 2007.

Interested parties may go to the CDPH, Office of Regulations website to view the text of the finalized emergency regulations: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/services/DPOPP/regs/Pages/R-06-014E-ReportingHIVInfectionbyName.aspx

The adoptions of these emergency regulations were a direct result of a new California law changing the reporting for cases of HIV infection on April 17, 2006. The new law (Health and Safety [H&S] Code Section 121022) requires that health care providers and laboratories report cases of HIV infection by name to the local health officer, and that local health officers report unduplicated HIV cases by name to CDPH/OA. H&S Code Section 121022 also requires CDPH to develop emergency regulations that modify Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Sections 2641.5-2643.20 (HIV reporting by non-name code regulations) so that they are consistent with H&S Code Section 121022.

Inquiries regarding the emergency regulations may be directed to: Juan Ruiz, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., Chief, HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Branch, Office of AIDS at (916) 449-5832 or juan.ruiz@cdph.ca.gov.