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DIVISION 105. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL 120100-122476›PART 1. ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL 120100-120305›CHAPTER 2. Functions and Duties of the State Department of Health Services 120125-120164

§ 120140

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Upon being informed by a health officer of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease the department may take measures as are necessary to ascertain the nature of the disease and prevent its spread. To that end, the department may, if it considers it proper, take possession or control of the body of any living person, or the corpse of any deceased person.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)

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