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Assessment and Taxation
- Assessor's records, confidentiality of information in,
Section 408, Revenue and Taxation Code.
- Bank and Corporation Tax, disclosure of information,
Sections 26451 and 26451.3 Article 2 (commencing with Section 19542), Chapter 7, Part
10.2, Division 2 , Revenue and Taxation Code.
- Cigarette tax, confidential information, Section 30455,
Revenue and Taxation Code.
- Equalization, State Board of, prohibition against divulging
information, Section 15619, Government Code.
- Estate tax, confidential records and information, Sections
14251 and 14252, Revenue and Taxation Code.
- Personal Income Tax, disclosure of information, Article 2
(commencing with Section 19542), Chapter 7, Part 10.2, Division 2, Revenue and Taxation
Code.
- Private railroad car tax, confidentiality of information,
Section 11655, Revenue and Taxation Code.
- Property taxation
- confidentiality of change of ownership, Section 481, Revenue and Taxation Code.
- confidentiality of property statement, Section 833, Revenue and Taxation Code.
- Sales and use tax, disclosure of information, Section 7056,
Revenue and Taxation Code.
- Taxpayer information, confidentiality, local taxes,
subdivision (h), Section 6254, Government Code.
- Timber yield tax
- disclosure to county assessor, Section 38706, Revenue and Taxation Code.
- disclosure of information, Section 38705, Revenue and Taxation Code.
- disclosure to county assessor, Section 38706, Revenue and Taxation Code.
- Winegrowers, confidentiality of names of purchasers and
sales information given to State Board of Equalization, Section 32455, Revenue and
Taxation Code.
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Business and Professions
- Answering Services: Customer list of telephone answering
service, trade secret, Section 16606, Business and Professions Code.
- Appliance Repair: Electronic and appliance repair dealer,
service contractor, financial data in applications, subdivision (x), Section 6254,
Government Code.
- Auto Repair: Automotive repair facility, fact of
certification or decertification, Section 9889.47, Business and Professions Code;
Automotive repair facility, notice of intent to seek certification, Section 9889.33,
Business and Professions Code.
- Child Care: Child day care facility, nondisclosure of
complaint, Section 1596.853, Health and Safety Code; Small family day care homes,
identifying information, Section 1596.86, Health and Safety Code.
- Consumer Fraud: Consumer fraud investigations, access to
complaints and investigations, Section 26509, Government Code.
- Contractors: Contractor, license applicants, evidence of
financial solvency, confidentiality of, Section 7067.5, Business and Professions Code.
- Corporations:
- Corporations, commissioner, publication of information filed with commissioner, Section
25605, Corporations Code;
- Professional corporations, financial statements, confidentiality of, Section 13406,
Corporations Code.
- Credit Reporting: Investigative consumer reporting agency,
limitations on furnishing an investigative consumer report, Section 1786.12, Civil Code.
- Dispute Resolution: Dispute resolution participants
confidentiality, Section 471.5, Business and Professions Code.
- Driving and Traffic Violator Schools:
- Student driver, records of physical of or mental condition, confidentiality of, Section
12661, Vehicle Code;
- Driving school and driving instructor licensee records, confidentiality of, Section
11108, Vehicle Code;
- Traffic violator school licensee records, confidentiality of, Section 11212, Vehicle
Code;
- Traffic offense, dismissed for participation in driving school or program, record of,
confidentiality of, Section of1808.7, Vehicle Code.
- Employment Agencies: Customer list of employment agency,
trade secret, Section 16607, Business and Professions Code.
- Exterminators and Pesticides:
- Structural pest control licensee records relating to pesticide use, confidentiality of,
Section 15205, Food and Agricultural Code;
- Trade secrets, protection by Director of Food and Agriculture, Section 6254.2,
Government Code;
- Trade secrets and proprietary information relating to pesticides, confidentiality of,
Sections 14022 and 14023, Food andAgricultural Code.
- Food, Drugs and Cosmetics: Trade secrets, food, drugs,
cosmetics, nondisclosure, Sections 110165 and 110370, Health and Safety Code.
- Franchise Businesses: Franchises, applications, and reports
filed with Commissioner of Corporations, disclosure and withholding from public
inspection, Section 31504, Corporations Code.
- Furriers: Fur dealer licensee, confidentiality of records,
Section 4041, Fish and Game Code.
- Licensed Occupations in General:
- Business and professions licensee exemption for social security number, Section 30,
Business and Professions Code;
- Department of Consumer Affairs licensee exemption for alcohol or dangerous drug
treatment and rehabilitation records, Section 156.1, Business and Professions Code.
- Notaries Public: Notary public, confidentiality of
application for appointment and commission, Section 8201.5, Government Code.
- Psychologists: Psychologist and client, confidential
relations and communications, Section 2918, Business and Professions Code.
- Real Estate Brokers: Real estate broker, annual report to
Department of Real Estate of financial information, confidentiality of, Section10232.2,
Business and Professions Code.
- Repossessors: Repossession agency licensee application,
confidentiality of information, Sections 7503, 7504, and 7506.5, Business and Professions
Code.
- Shorthand Reporters: Shorthand reporter's complaint,
Section 8010, Business and Professions Code.
- Tax Preparers: Tax preparer, disclosure of information
obtained in business of preparing tax returns, Section 17530.5, Business andProfessions
Code.
- Title Insurance: Title insurers, confidentiality of notice
of noncompliance, Section 12414.14, Insurance Code.
- Tow Truck Drivers: Tow truck driver, information in records
of California Highway Patrol, Department of Motor Vehicles, or other agencies,
confidentiality of, Sections 2431 and 2432.3, Vehicle Code.
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Crime and Punishment
- Arson: Arsonists, registered, confidentiality of certain
information, Section 457.1, Penal Code.
- Campus Rape:
- Student, sexual assault on private higher education institution campus, confidentiality
of information, Section 94385, Education Code;
- Student, sexual assault on public college or university, confidentiality of information,
Section 67385, Education Code;
- Student in public college or university, record of disciplinary action for sexual
assault or physical abuse, access by alleged victim, Section 67134, Education Code.
- Child Abuse:
- Child abuse information, exchange by multidisciplinary personnel teams, Section 830,
Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Child abuse information reported to Department of Justice, confidentiality of, Sections
11107.5 and 11169, Penal Code;
- Child abuse report and those making report, confidentiality of, Sections 11167, 11167.5,
and 11174.3, Penal Code.
- Child Concealment: Child concealer, confidentiality of
address, Section 277, Penal Code.
- Crime Reports and Statistics:
- Criminal statistics, confidentiality of information, Section 13013, Penal Code;
- Misdemeanor and felony reports by police chiefs and sheriffs to Department of Justice,
confidentiality of, Sections 11107 and 11107.5, Penal Code.
- Drug Offenses:
- Controlled Substance Law violations, confidential information, Section 818.7, Government
Code;
- Controlled substance offenders, confidentiality of registration information, Section
11594, Health and Safety Code.
- Domestic Violence: Domestic violence counselor and victim,
confidentiality of communication, Sections 1037.2 and 1037.5, Evidence Code.
- Driving Offenses in General: Driver arrested for traffic
violation, notice of reexamination for evidence of incapacity, confidentiality of, Section
40313, Vehicle Code.
- Drunk Driving:
- Blood-alcohol percentage test results, vehicular offenses, confidentiality of, Section
1804, Vehicle Code;
- Physical or mental condition or conviction of controlled substance offense, records in
Department of Motor Vehicles, confidentiality of, Section 1808.5, Vehicle Code.
- Grand Jury:
- Grand juror, disclosure of information or indictment, Section 924, Penal Code; Grand
jury, confidentiality of request for special counsel, Section 936.7, Penal Code;
- Grand jury, confidentiality of transcription of indictment or accusation, Section 938.1,
Penal Code.
- Indigent Defendants: Criminal defendant, indigent,
confidentiality of request for funds for investigators and experts, Section 987.9, Penal
Code.
- Informants: Forest fires, anonymity of informants, Section
4417, Public Resources Code.
- Juvenile Crime and Rehabilitation:
- Juvenile criminal records, dissemination to schools, Section 828.1, Welfare and
Institutions Code;
- Juvenile delinquents, notification of chief of police or sheriff of escape of minor from
secure detention facility, Section1155, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Minor, criminal proceeding testimony closed to public, Section 859.1, Penal Code.
- Law Enforcement Vehicles: Law enforcement vehicles,
registration disclosure, Section 5003, Vehicle Code.
- Mentally Disordered Offenders:
- Mentally abnormal sex offender committed to state hospital, confidentiality of records,
Section 4135, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Mentally disordered and developmentally disabled offenders, access to criminal histories
of, Section 1620, Penal Code.
- Missing Persons: Missing persons' information, disclosure
of, Sections 14201 and 14203, Penal Code.
- Money Laundering: Monetary instrument transaction records,
confidentiality of, Section 14167, Penal Code.
- Offense Records Sealing and Destruction:
- Sealed records, arrest for misdemeanor, Section 851.7, Penal Code; Sealed records,
misdemeanor convictions, Section 1203.45, Penal Code;
- Sealing and destruction of arrest records, determination of innocence, Section 851.8,
Penal Code;
- Vehicular offense, record of, confidentiality five years after conviction, Section
1807.5, Vehicle Code.
- Parole: Parole revocation proceedings, confidentiality of information in reports,
Section 3063.5, Penal Code.
- Pornography:
- Harmful matter, distribution, confidentiality of certain recipients, Section 313.1,
Penal Code;
- Minors, material depicting sexual conduct, records of suppliers to be kept and made
available to law enforcement, Section1309.5, Labor Code;
- Obscene matter, defense of scientific or other purpose, confidentiality of recipients,
Section 311.8, Penal Code.
- Prisons and Prisoners:
- Criminal felon placed in diagnostic facility, confidentiality of report of diagnosis and
recommendation, Sections 1203.3 and 1543, Penal Code;
- Prisoners, behavioral research on, confidential personal information, Section 3515,
Penal Code;
- Prisoners, confidentiality of blood tests, Section 7530, Penal Code;
- Prisoners, medical testing, confidentiality of records, Sections 7517 and 7540, Penal
Code;
- Prisoners, transfer from county facility for mental treatment and evaluation,
confidentiality of written reasons, Section 4011.6, Penal Code.
- Probation: Probation officer reports, inspection of,
Section 1203.05, Penal Code.
- Rap Sheets:
- Criminal offender record information, access to, Sections 11076, 11077, 11081, 13201,
and 13202, Penal Code;
- Criminal records information, disclosure by vendor, Section 11149.4, Penal Code;
- Local summary criminal history information, confidentiality of, Sections 13300 and
13305, Penal Code;
- State summary criminal history information, confidentiality of information, Sections
11105, 11105.1, 11105.3, and 11105.4, Penal Code.
- Rewards: Reward by governor for information leading to
arrest and conviction, confidentiality of person supplying information, Section 1547,
Penal Code.
- Search Warrants: Search warrants, special master,
Section 1524, Penal Code.
- Sexual Assault:
- Sexual assault forms, confidentiality of, Section 13823.5, Penal Code;
- Sexual assault victim counselor and victim, confidential communication, Sections 1035.2,
1035.4, and 1035.8, Evidence Code.
- Sex Offenders:
- Sex offenders, registration form, Section 290, Penal Code;
- Sex offenders, specimen and other information, unauthorized disclosure, Section 290.2,
Penal Code.
- Victims:
- Developmentally disabled or mentally disordered person as victim of crime, information
in report filed with law enforcement agency, Section 5004.5, Welfare and Institutions
Code;
- Victim, statements at sentencing, Section 1191.15, Penal Code; Victims' Legal Resource
Center, confidentiality of information and records retained, Section 13897.2, Penal Code.
- Youth Authority:
- Parole revocation proceedings, confidentiality of, Section 1767.6, Welfare and
Institutions Code;
- Release of information in possession of Youth Authority for offenses under Sections 676,
1764.1, and1764.2, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Records, policies, and procedures, Section 1905, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Records, disclosure, Section 1764, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Youth service bureau, confidentiality of client records, Section 1905, Welfare and
Institutions Code.
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Environment and Resources
- Air Quality and Resources:
- Air pollution data, confidentiality of trade secrets, Section 6254.7, Government Code,
and Sections 42303.2 and 43206, Health and Safety Code;
- Air toxics emissions inventory plans, protection of trade secrets, Section 4436, Health
and Safety Code;
- Pollution Control Financing Authority, financial data submitted to, subdivision (o),
Section 6254, Government Code.
- Fish and Fishing:
- Commercial fishing licensee, confidentiality of records, Section 7923, Fish and Game
Code;
- Commercial fishing reports, Section 8022, Fish and Game Code;
- Passenger fishing boat licenses, records, Section 7923, Fish and Game Code.
- Fish and Wildlife Generally:
- Fish and wildlife law enforcement agreements with other states, confidentiality of
information, Section 391, Fish and Game Code;
- Fish and wildlife taken illegally, public record status of records of case, Section
2584, Fish and Game Code.
- Minerals and Mining:
- Consumption or utilization of mineral materials, disclosure of, Section 2207.1, Public
Resources Code;
- Mining report, confidentiality of report containing information relating to mineral
production, reserves, or rate of depletion of mining operation, Section 2207, Public
Resources Code;
- Proprietary information, availability only to the director and other persons authorized
by the operator and the owner, Section 2778, Public Resources Code.
- Native American Sites: Native American graves, cemeteries
and sacred places, records of, subdivision (r), Section 6254, Government Code.
- Oil and Gas:
- Oil and gas, confidentiality of proposals for the drilling of a well, Section 3724.4,
Public Resources Code;
- Oil and gas, disclosure of onshore and offshore exploratory well records, Section 3234,
Public Resources Code;
- Oil and gas, disclosure of well records, Section 3752, Public Resources Code; Oil and
gas leases, surveys for permits, confidentiality of information, Section 6826, Public
Resources Code;
- Petroleum supply and pricing, confidential information, Sections 25364 and 25366, Public
Resources Code.
- Radioactive Materials: Radioactive materials, dissemination
of information about transportation of, Section 33002, Vehicle Code.
- Water Quality and Resources: Colorado River Board,
confidential information and records, Section 12519, Water Code.
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Finance and Insurance
- Banks:
- Employees, confidentiality of criminal history information, Sections 777.5 and 4990,
Financial Code;
- Reports, confidentiality of, Section 1939, Financial Code.
- Credit Unions:
- Confidentiality of investigation and examination reports, Section 14257, Financial Code;
- Confidentiality of employee criminal history information, Section 14409.2, Financial
Code;
- Confidentiality of financial reports, Section 16120, Financial Code.
- Escrow Agents:
- Escrow Agents' Fidelity Corporation, confidentiality of examination and investigation
reports, Section 17336, Financial Code;
- Escrow agents' confidentiality of reports on violations, Section 17414, Financial Code;
- Escrow agents' confidentiality of state summary criminal history information, Section
17414.1, Financial Code.
- Financial Institutions in General: Issuance of securities,
reports and records of state agencies, subdivision (d), Section 6254, Government Code.
- Industrial Loan Companies:
- Confidentiality of financial information, Section 18496, Financial Code;
- Confidentiality of investigation and examination reports, Section 18394, Financial Code.
- Insurance:
- Assigned risk plans, rejected applicants, confidentiality of information, Section 11624,
Insurance Code;
- Automobile Insurance Claims Depository, confidentiality of information, Section 1876.3,
Insurance Code;
- Automobile insurance, investigation of fraudulent claims, confidential information,
Section 1872.8, Insurance Code;
- Basic Property Insurance Inspection and Placement Plan, confidential reports, Section
10097, Insurance Code;
- Bureau of Fraudulent Claims, investigations or publication of information, Section
12991, Insurance Code;
- Child care liability insurance, confidentiality of information, Section 1864, Insurance
Code;
- Disability compensation, confidential medical records, Section 2714, Unemployment
Insurance Code;
- Disability insurance, access to registered information, Section 789.7, Insurance Code;
- Employment Development Department, furnishing materials, Section 307, Unemployment
Insurance Code;
- Excessive rates or complaints, reports, Section 1857.9, Insurance Code;
- Financial statements of insurers, confidentiality of information received, Section
925.3, Insurance Code;
- Genetic test results in medical record of applicant or enrollee of specified insurance
plans, Sections 10123.35, 10140.1, and 11512.965, Insurance Code;
- Insurance claims analysis, confidentiality of information, Section 1875.16, Insurance
Code;
- Insurance Commissioner, confidential information, Sections 735.5, 1077.3, and 12919,
Insurance Code;
- Insurance Commissioner, informal conciliation of complaints, confidential
communications, Section 1858.02, Insurance Code;
- Insurance Commissioner, information from examination or investigation, confidentiality
of, Sections 1215.7, 1433, and 1759.3, Insurance Code;
- Insurance Commissioner, report to Legislature, confidential information, Section 12961,
Insurance Code;
- Insurance Commissioner, writings filed with nondisclosure, Section 855, Insurance Code;
- Insurance fraud reporting, information acquired not part of public record, Sections
1873.1 and 13001, Insurance Code;
- Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act, examinations, Section 1215.7, Insurance
Code;
- Insurance licensee, confidential information, Section 1666.5, Insurance Code;
- Insurer application information, confidentiality of, Section 925.3, Insurance Code;
- Insurer financial analysis ratios and examination synopses, confidentiality of, Section
933, Insurance Code;
- Insurer, request for examination of, confidentiality of, Section 1067.11, Insurance
Code;
- Life and disability insurers, actuarial information, confidentiality of, Section
10489.15, Insurance Code;
- Motor vehicle insurance fraud reporting, confidentiality of information acquired,
Section 1874.3, Insurance Code;
- Motor vehicle liability insurer, data reported to Department of Insurance,
confidentiality of, Section 11628, Insurance Code;
- Nonprofit Hospital Service Plan, conversion, disclosure statement, confidentiality of,
Section 11056, Insurance Code;
- Nonprofit hospital service plans, reviews, Section 11512.09, Insurance Code;
- Products liability insurers, transmission of information, Sections 1857.7 and 1857.9,
Insurance Code;
- Reinsurance intermediary-broker license information, confidentiality of, Section 1781.3,
Insurance Code;
- Workers' compensation insurance, dividend payment to policyholder, confidentiality of
information, Section 11739, Insurance Code;
- Workers' compensation insurance fraud reporting, confidentiality of information,
Sections 1877.3 and 1877.4, Insurance Code;
- Workers' compensation insurer or rating organization, confidentiality of notice of
noncompliance, Section 11754, Insurance Code;
- Workers' compensation insurer, rating information, confidentiality of, Section 11752.7,
Insurance Code;
- Workers' compensation, notice to correct noncompliance, Section 11754, Insurance Code;
- Workers' compensation, release of information to other governmental agencies, Section
11752.5, Insurance Code;
- Workers' compensation, self-insured employers, confidentiality of financial information,
Section 3742, Labor Code;
- Licensed Check Vendors: Payment instrument licensee
records, inspection of, Section 33206, Financial Code.
- Savings Associations:
- Employees, disclosure of criminal history information, Section 6525, Sections 6525 and
8012, Financial Code;
- Inspection of records by shareholders, Section 6050 , Financial Code.
- Trust Companies: Disclosure of private trust confidential
information, Section 1582, Financial Code.
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Food and Agriculture
- Agricultural producers marketing: access to records,
Section 59616, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Apiary registration information: confidentiality of,
Section 29041, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Avocado handler transaction records: confidentiality of,
Sections 44982 and 44984, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Beef Council of California: confidentiality of fee
transactions information, Section 64691.1, Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Apple Commission:
- Confidentiality of lists of persons, Section 75598, Food and Agricultural Code;
- Confidentiality of proprietary information from producers or handlers, Section 75633,
Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Asparagus Commission:
- Confidentiality of lists of producers, Section 78262, Food and Agricultural Code;
- Confidentiality of proprietary information from producers, Section 78288, Food and
Agricultural Code.
- California Avocado Commission:
- Confidentiality of information from handlers, Section 67094, Food and Agricultural Code;
- Confidentiality of proprietary information from handlers, Section 67104, Food and
Agricultural Code.
- California Cherry Commission: confidentiality of
proprietary information from producers, processors, shippers, or grower-handlers, Section
76144, Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Cut Flower Commission:
- Confidentiality of lists of producers, Section 77963, Food and Agricultural Code;
- Confidentiality of proprietary information from producers, Section 77988, Food and
Agricultural Code.
- California Date Commission: confidentiality of proprietary
information from producers and grower-handlers, Section 77843, Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Egg Commission: confidentiality of proprietary
information from handlers or distributors, Section 75134, Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Forest Products Commission:
- Confidentiality of lists of persons, Section 77589, Food and Agricultural Code;
- Confidentiality of proprietary information from producers, Section 77624, Food and
Agricultural Code.
- California Iceberg Lettuce Commission, confidentiality of
information from handlers, Section 66624, Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Kiwifruit Commission: confidentiality of
proprietary information from producers or handlers, Section 68104, Food and Agricultural
Code.
- California Navel Orange Commission: confidentiality of
proprietary information from producers or handlers and lists of producers and handlers,
Section 73257, Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Pepper Commission:
- Confidentiality of lists of producers and handlers, Section 77298, Food and Agricultural
Code;
- Confidentiality of proprietary information from producers or handlers, Section 77334,
Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Pistachio Commission: confidentiality of
proprietary information from producers or processors, Section 69084, Food and Agricultural
Code.
- California Salmon Commission:
- Confidentiality of fee transactions records, Section 76901.5, Food and Agricultural
Code;
- Confidentiality of request for list of commercial salmon vessel operators, Section
76950, Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Seafood Council:
- Confidentiality of fee transaction records, Section 78553, Food and Agricultural Code;
- Confidentiality of information on volume of fish landed, Section 78575, Food and
Agricultural Code.
- California Sheep Commission: confidentiality of proprietary
information from producers or handlers and lists of producers, Section 76343, Food and
Agricultural Code.
- California Table Grape Commission: confidentiality of
information from shippers, Section 65603, Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Tomato Commission:
- Cconfidentiality of lists of producers, handlers, and others, Section 78679, Food and
Agricultural Code;
- Confidentiality of proprietary information, Section 78704, Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Walnut Commission:
- Confidentiality of lists of producers, Section 77101, Food and Agricultural Code;
- Confidentiality of proprietary information from producers or handlers, Section 77154,
Food and Agricultural Code.
- California Wheat Commission:
- Confidentiality of proprietary information from handlers and lists of producers, Section
72104, Food and Agricultural Code;
- Confidentiality of requests for assessment refund, Section 72109, Food and Agricultural
Code.
- California Wine Commission: confidentiality of proprietary
information from producers or vintners, Section 74655 and 74955, Food and Agricultural
Code.
- Cooperative Marketing Association: confidential information
disclosed to conciliator, Sections 54453 and 54457, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Crop reports: confidential, subdivision (e), Section 6254,
Government Code.
- Dairy Council of California: confidentiality of ballots,
Section 64155, Food and Agricultural Code.
- District Agricultural Association Board: records, public
inspection, Section 3968, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Farm product processor licensee:
- Confidentiality of financial statements, Section 55523.6, Food and Agricultural Code;
- Confidentiality of grape purchases, Section 55601.5, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Foreign marketing of agricultural products: confidentiality
of financial information, Section 58577, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Marketing of commodities: confidentiality of financial
information, Section 58781, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Marketing orders: confidentiality of processors or
distributors' information, Section 59202, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Milk equalization pool plan: confidentiality of producers'
voting, Section 62716, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Milk marketing: confidentiality of records, Section 61443,
Food and Agricultural Code.
- Milk product certification: confidentiality of, Section
62121, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Milk, market milk: confidential records and reports,
Section 62243, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Milk product registration: confidentiality of information,
Section 38946, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Organic food certification organization records: release
of, Section 110845, Health and Safety Code, and Section 46009, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Produce dealer: confidentiality of financial statements,
Section 56254, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Strawberry marketing information: confidentiality of,
Section 63124, Food and Agricultural Code.
- Sturgeon egg processors: records, Section 10004, Fish and
Game Code.
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Government and Politics
- Administrative Procedure:
- Adjudicatory hearings, disclosure of ex parte communication to administrative law judge,
Section 11513.5, Government Code;
- Adjudicatory hearings, interpreters, Section 11513, Government Code.
- Administrative Services: Electronic data processing, data
security and confidentiality, Sections 11771 and 11772, Government Code.
- Audits and Non-criminal Investigations:
- Auditor General, access to records for audit purposes, Sections 10527 and 10527.1,
Government Code;
- Auditor General, disclosure of audit records, Section 10525, Government Code;
- Executive Department, investigations and hearings, confidential nature of information
acquired, Section 11183, Government Code;
- Financial records, confidentiality of, Sections 7470, 7471, and 7473, Government Code;
- Franchise Tax Board, auditing, confidentiality, Section 90005, Government Code;
- Improper governmental activities reporting, confidentiality of identity of person
providing information, Section 10545, Government Code;
- Improper governmental activities reporting, disclosure of information, Section 10546,
Government Code;
- State Auditor, access to barred records, Section 8545.2, Government Code;
- State Auditor, confidentiality of records, Sections 8545, 8545.1, and 8545.3, Government
Code.
- Bidding and Contracting:
- Bids, confidentiality of, Section 10304, Public Contract Code;
- Contractor, evaluations and contractor responses, confidentiality of, Section 10370,
Public Contract Code;
- Data processing systems contracts with state agencies, confidentiality of information,
Section 11772, Government Code;
- Financial statements and questionnaires, of prospective bidders for the state,
confidentiality of, Section 10165, Public Contract Code;
- Financial statements and questionnaires, of prospective bidders for California State
University contracts, confidentiality of, Section 10763, Public Contract Code;
- Payroll records, confidentiality of, Section 1776, Labor Code;
- Records of contract purchasers, inspection by public prohibited, Section 85, Military
and Veterans Code;
- State agency activities relating to providers of health care, subdivision (a) of Section
6254, Government Code;
- State Contract Act, bids, questionnaires and financial statements, Section 10165, Public
Contract Code;
- State Contract Act, bids, sealing, opening and reading bids, Section 10304, Public
Contract Code;
- Transit districts, questionnaire and financial statement information in bids, Section
99154, Public Utilities Code.
- Bonds and Obligations: Registered public obligations,
inspection of records of security interests in, Section 5060, Government Code.
- Elections and Voting:
- Aiding disabled voters, Section 14234, Elections Code;
- Candidate for local nonpartisan elective office, confidentiality of ballot statement,
Section 10012.7, Elections Code;
- Initiative, referendum, recall, and other petitions, confidentiality of names of
signers, Section 6253.5, Government Code;
- Petition signatures, Section 29770, Elections Code;
- Voter, registration by confidential affidavit, Section 615, Elections Code;
- Voter registration card, confidentiality of information contained in, Section 6254.4,
Government Code;
- Voting, secrecy, Section 1050, Evidence Code.
- Firearms Regulation:
- Firearm license applications, subdivision (u), Section 6254, Government Code;
- Firearm sale or transfer, confidentiality of records, Section 12082, Penal Code;
- Mentally disordered or mentally ill person, weapons restrictions, confidentiality of
information about, Section 8103, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Governor's Office:
- Governor, correspondence of and to Governor and Governor's office, subdivision (l),
Section 6254, Government Code;
- Governor, transfer of public records in control of, restrictions on public access,
Section 6268, Government Code.
- Legislature:
- Joint Legislative Ethics Committee, confidentiality of reports and records, Section
8953, Government Code;
- Legislative Counsel records, subdivision (m), Section 6254, Government Code.
- Museums: Property on loan to museum, notice of intent to
preserve an interest in, not subject to disclosure, Section 1899.5, Civil Code.
- Personal Information: Information Practices Act,
prohibitions against disclosure by state agencies, Sections 1798.24 and1798.75, Civil
Code.
- Property Acquisition: Real property, acquisition by state
or local government, information relating to feasibility, subdivision (h), Section 6254,
Government Code.
- Public Employees:
- County Employees' Retirement, confidential statements and records, Section 31532,
Government Code;
- Firefighters Service Award, confidentiality of data filed with the Board of
Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, Section 50955, Government Code;
- Group Insurance, Public Employees, Section 53202.25, Government Code;
- Home address of public employees and officers in Department of Motor Vehicles records,
confidentiality of, Sections 1808.2 and 1808.4, Vehicle Code;
- Local government employees, confidentiality of records and claims relating to group
insurance, Section 53202.25, Government Code;
- Public employees' home addresses and telephone numbers, confidentiality of, Section
6254.3, Government Code;
- Public Employees' Retirement System, confidentiality of data filed by member or
beneficiary with board of administration, Section 20134, Government Code;
- State civil service employee, confidentiality of appeal to state personnel board,
Section 18952, Government Code;
- State civil service employees, confidentiality of reports, Section 18573, Government
Code;
- State civil service examination, confidentiality of application and examination
materials, Section 18934, Government Code.
- State Lottery: State Lottery Evaluation Report, disclosure,
Section 8880.46, Government Code.
- Racing Regulation: Horseracing, horses, blood or urine test
sample, confidentiality, Section 19577, Business and Professions Code.
- Unclaimed Property: Controller records of, disclosure,
Section 1582, Code of Civil Procedure.
- Unemployment Compensation:
- Disclosure of confidential information, Section 2111, Unemployment Insurance Code;
- Information obtained in administration of code, Section 1094, Unemployment Insurance
- Code;
- Purposes for which use of information may be authorized, Section 1095, Unemployment
Insurance Code;
- Unemployment fund contributions, publication of annual tax rate, Section 989,
Unemployment Insurance Code.
- Wages and Bargaining:
- Personnel Administration, Department of, confidentiality of pay data furnished to,
Section 19826.5, Government Code;
- Private industry wage data collected by public entity, confidentiality of, Section
6254.6, Government Code;
- State agency activities relating to unrepresented employees, subdivision (p) of Section
6254, Government Code.
- Workers Compensation Appeals Board: Injury or illness
report, confidentiality of, Section 6412, Labor Code.
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Health and Medicine
- AIDS and HIV Status:
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Public Health Records Confidentiality Act,
personally identifying information confidentiality, Section 121025, Health and Safety
Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research and Confidentiality Act, definitions,
Section 121125, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research and Confidentiality Act, financial audits
or program evaluations, Section 121085, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research and Confidentiality Act, permittee
disclosure, Section 121080, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research and Confidentiality Act, personally
identifying research records not to be disclosed, Section 121075, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research and Confidentiality Act, production or
discovery of records for use in criminal or civil proceedings against subject prohibited,
Section 121100, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research and Confidentiality Act, violations,
Section 121100, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, blood test results, written authorization not
necessary for disclosure, Section 121010, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, blood test subject, compelling identity of, Section
120975, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, confidentiality of information obtained in
prevention programs at correctional facilities and law enforcement agencies, Sections 7552
and 7554, Penal Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, confidentiality of personal data of patients in
State Department of Health Services programs, Section 120820, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, confidentiality of research records, Sections
121090, 121095, 121115, and 121120, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, confidentiality of test results of person convicted
of prostitution, Section 1202.6, Penal Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, confidentiality of vaccine volunteers, Section
121280, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, disclosure of results of HIV test, penalties,
Section 120980, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, personal information, insurers tests,
confidentiality of, Section 799, Insurance Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, public safety and testing disclosure, Sections
121065 and 121070, Health and Safety Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, test of criminal defendant pursuant to search
warrant requested by victim, confidentiality of, Section 1524.1, Penal Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, test of person under Youth Authority, disclosure of
results, Section 1768.9, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, test results, disclosure to patient's spouse and
others, Section 121015, Health and Safety Code;
- Blood tests, confidentiality of hepatitis and AIDS carriers, Section 1603.1, Health and
Safety Code;
- California AIDS Program, personal data, confidentiality, Section 199.72, Health and
Safety Code;
- HIV, disclosures to blood banks by department or county health officers, Section 1603.1,
Health and Safety Code;
- Mandated blood testing and confidentiality to protect public health, prohibition against
compelling identification of test subjects, Section 120975, Health and Safety Code;
- Mandated blood testing and confidentiality to protect public health, unauthorized
disclosures of identification of test subjects, Section 120980, Health and Safety Code;
- Mandated blood testing and confidentiality to protect public health, disclosure to
patient's spouse, sexual partner, needle sharer, or county health officer, Section 121015,
Health and Safety Code;
- Prehospital emergency medical care, release of information, Sections 1797.188 and
1797.189, Health and Safety Code.
- Child Health Concerns:
- Child health and disability prevention, confidentiality of health screening and
evaluation results, Section 124110, Health and Safety Code;
- Childhood lead poisoning prevention, confidentiality of blood lead findings, Section
124130, Health and Safety Code.
- Health Care Facilities:
- Emergency Medical Services Fund, patient named, Section 1797.98c, Health and Safety
Code;
- Health Care Provider Central Files, confidentiality of, Section 800, Business and
Professions Code;
- Health care provider disciplinary proceeding, confidentiality of documents, Section
805.1, Business and Professions Code;
- Health facilities, patient's rights of confidentiality, Sections 128735, 128755, and
128765, Health and Safety Code;
- Health facility and clinic, consolidated data and reports, confidentiality of, Section
128730, Health and Safety Code;
- Health planning and development pilot projects, confidentiality of data collected,
Section 128165, Health and Safety Code;
- Hospital district and municipal hospital records relating to contracts with insurers and
service plans, subdivision (t), Section 6254, Government Code;
- Hospital final accreditation report, subdivision (s), Section 6254, Government Code;
- Long-term health facilities, confidentiality of complaints against, Section 1419, Health
and Safety Code;
- Long-term health facilities, confidentiality of records retained by State Department of
Health Services, Section 1439, Health and Safety Code.
- Health Care Plans:
- Health care service plans, review of quality of care, privileged communications,
Sections 1370 and 1380, Health and Safety Code;
- Major Risk Medical Insurance Program, negotiations with health plans, subdivisions (v)
and (w) of Section 6254, Government Code.
- Health Care Professionals:
- Addiction
- Dentist, alcohol or dangerous drug rehabilitation and diversion, confidentiality of
records, Section 1698, Business and Professions Code;
- Nurse, alcohol or dangerous drug diversion and rehabilitation records, confidentiality
of, Section 2770.12, Business and Professions Code;
- Osteopathic physician and surgeon, rehabilitation and diversion records, confidentiality
of, Section 2369, Business and Professions Code;
- Pharmacist, alcohol or dangerous drug diversion and rehabilitation records,
confidentiality of, Section 4436, Business and Professions Code;
- Physical therapist or assistant, records of dangerous drug or alcohol diversion and
rehabilitation, confidentiality of, Section 2667, Business and Professions Code;
- Physician and surgeon, rehabilitation and diversion records, confidentiality of, Section
2355, Business and Professions Code;
- Physician assistant, alcohol or dangerous drug diversion and rehabilitation records,
confidentiality of, Section 3534.7, Business and Professions Code;
- Podiatrist, alcohol or drug diversion and rehabilitation records, confidentiality of,
Section 2497.1, Business and Professions Code;
- Veterinarian or animal health technician, alcohol or dangerous drugs diversion and
rehabilitation records, confidentiality of, Section 4871, Business and Professions Code.
- Advertising
- Dentist advertising and referral contract exemption, Section 650.2, Business and
Professions Code.
- Discipline, Revocation or Suspension
- Medical or dental licensee, action for revocation or suspension due to illness, report,
confidentiality of, Section 828, Business and Professions Code;
- Medical or dental licensee, disciplinary action, denial or termination of staff
privileges, report, confidentiality of, Sections 805, 805.1, and 805.5, Business and
Professions Code.
- In General
- Healing arts licensees, central files, confidentiality, Section 800, Business and
Professions Code;
- Health personnel, data collection by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development, confidentiality of information on individual licentiates, Sections 127775 and
127780, Health and Safety Code.
- Negligence and Competency
- Death, report that physician's or podiatrist's negligence or incompetence may be cause,
confidentiality of, Section 802.5, Business and Professions Code;
- Medical and other hospital committees and peer review bodies, confidentiality of
records, Section 1157, Evidence Code;
- Physician competency examination, confidentiality of reports, Section 2294, Business and
Professions Code;
- Respiratory care practitioner, professional competency examination reports,
confidentiality of, Section 3756, Business and Professions Code.
- Nursing and Community Care Homes:
- Community care facilities, confidentiality of client information, Section 1557.5, Health
and Safety Code;
- Residential care facilities, confidentiality of resident information, Section 1568.08,
Health and Safety Code;
- Residential care facilities for the elderly, confidentiality of client information,
Section 1569.315, Health and Safety Code;
- State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, access to government agency records, Section 9723,
Welfare and Institutions Code;
- State Long-Term Care Ombudsman office, confidentiality of records and files, Section
9725, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- State Long-Term Care Ombudsman office, disclosure of information or communications,
Section 9715, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Patient Information:
- Medical information, disclosure by provider unless prohibited by patient in writing,
Section 56.16, Civil Code;
- Medical information, types of information not subject to patient prohibition of
disclosure, Section 56.30, Civil Code;
- Patient-physician confidential communication, Sections 992 and 994, Evidence Code.
- Patient records, confidentiality of, Section 123135, Health and Safety Code;
- Physicians and surgeons, confidentiality of reports of patients with a lapse of
consciousness disorder, Section 103900, Health and Safety Code;
- Psychotherapist-patient confidential communication, Sections 1012 and 1014, Evidence
Code.
- Public Health Studies:
- Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Project, confidentiality of patient information,
Section 1311.2, Health and Safety Code;
- Cancer registries, confidentiality of information, Section 103885, Health and Safety
Code;
- Morbidity and mortality studies, confidentiality of records, Section 100330, Health and
Safety Code.
- Substance Abuse: Alcohol and drug abuse records and records
of communicable diseases, confidentiality of, Section 123125, Health and Safety Code.
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Housing and Real Estate
- Manufactured home: mobilehome, floating home,
confidentiality of home address of registered owner, Section 18081, Health and Safety
Code.
- Real property: change in ownership statement,
confidentiality of, Section 27280, Government Code.
- Rent control ordinance: confidentiality of information
concerning accommodations sought to be withdrawn from, Section 7060.4, Government Code.
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Industry and Commerce
- Hazardous Substances, Waste and Toxics:
- Hazardous waste control, business plans, public inspection, Section 25506, Health and
Safety Code;
- Hazardous waste control, notice of unlawful hazardous waste disposal, Section 25180.5,
Health and Safety Code;
- Hazardous waste control, trade secrets, disclosure of information, Sections 25511 and
25538, Health and Safety Code;
- Hazardous waste control, trade secrets, procedures for release of information, Section
25358.2, Health and Safety Code;
- Hazardous waste generator report, protection of trade secrets, Sections 25244.21 and
25244.23, Health and Safety Code;
- Hazardous waste license holder disclosure statement, confidentiality of, Section 25186.5
, Health and Safety Code;
- Hazardous waste management facilities on Indian lands, confidentiality of privileged or
trade secret information, Section 25198.4, Health and Safety Code;
- Hazardous waste recycling, duties of department, Section 25170, Health and Safety Code;
- Hazardous waste recycling, list of specified hazardous wastes, trade secrets, Section
25175, Health and Safety Code;
- Hazardous waste recycling, trade secrets, confidential nature, Sections 25173 and
25180.5, Health and Safety Code;
- Toxic substances, Department of, inspection of records of, Section 25152.5, Health and
Safety Code;
- Trade secrets relating to hazardous substances, disclosure of, Sections 25358.2 and
25358.7, Health and Safety Code.
- Industrial Accidents: Industrial accident reports,
confidentiality of information, Section 129, Labor Code.
- Market Reports: Market reports, confidential, subdivision
(e), Section 6254, Government Code.
- Minority and Women's Business: Minority and women's
business data possessed by state agencies, confidentiality of, Section 15339.30,
Government Code.
- Occupational Safety and Health:
- Occupational safety and health investigations, confidentiality of complaints and
complainants, Section 6309, Labor Code;
- Occupational safety and health investigations, confidentiality of trade secrets, Section
6322, Labor Code;
- Trade secrets, protection by Director of Industrial Relations, Section 6396, Labor Code;
- Workplace inspection photographs, confidentiality of, Section 6314, Labor Code.
- Small Business: Small business information compiled by
state agencies, confidentiality of, Section 15331.2, Government Code.
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Labor and Management
- Arrest not resulting in conviction: disclosure or use of
records, Sections 432.7 and 432.8, Labor Code.
- Consumer credit report information: prohibited from being
furnished for employment purposes , Section1785.18, Civil Code.
- Crane employers: previous business identities,
confidentiality of, Section 7383, Labor Code.
- Discrimination complaint to Division of Labor Standards
Enforcement: confidentiality of witnesses, Section 98.7, Labor Code.
- Employee personnel file: confidential preemployment
information, Section 1198.5, Labor Code.
- Equal wage rate violation: confidentiality of complaint,
Section 1197.5, Labor Code.
- Labor dispute: investigation and mediation records,
confidentiality of, Section 65, Labor Code.
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Law and Litigation
- Antitrust: Restraint of trade, civil action by district
attorney, confidential memorandum, Section 16750, Business and Professions Code.
- Attorneys:
- Attorney applicant, investigation of by State Bar, confidentiality of, Section 6060.2,
Business and Professions Code;
- Attorney, disciplinary proceedings, confidentiality prior to formal proceedings, Section
6086.1, Business and Professions Code;
- Attorney, disciplinary proceeding, State Bar access to nonpublic court records, Section
6090.6, Business and Professions Code;
- Attorney, investigation by State Bar, confidentiality of, Section 6168, Business and
Professions Code;
- Attorney, law corporation, investigation by State Bar, confidentiality of, Section 6168,
Business and Professions Code;
- Attorney, State Bar survey information, confidentiality of, Section 6033, Business and
Professions Code.
- Civil Procedure:
- Civil actions, delayed disclosure for 30 days after complaint filed, Section 482, Code
of Civil Procedure;
- Eminent domain proceedings, use of state tax returns, Section 1263.520, Code of Civil
Procedure.
- Coroners:
- Coroner, inquests, subpoena duces tecum, Sections 27491.8 and 27498, Government Code;
- Postmortem or autopsy photos, Section 129, Code of Civil Procedure. 6276.36.
- Courts:
- Court files, access to, restricted for 60 days, Section 1161.2, Code of Civil Procedure;
- Court reporters, confidentiality of records and reporters, Section 68525, Government
Code;
- Court-appointed special advocates, confidentiality of information acquired or reviewed,
Section 105, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Court-appointed Guardians:
- Guardian, confidentiality of report used to check ability, Section 2342, Probate Code;
- Guardianship, confidentiality of report regarding the suitability of the proposed
guardian, Section 1543, Probate Code;
- Guardianship, disclosure of report and recommendation concerning proposed guardianship
of person or estate, Section 1513, Probate Code.
- Evidentiary Privileges:
- Attorney work product confidentiality in administrative adjudication, Section 11507.6,
Government Code;
- Attorney, work product, confidentiality of, Section 6202, Business and Professions Code;
- Attorney work product, discovery, Section 2018, Code of Civil Procedure;
- Educational psychologist-patient, privileged communication, Section 1010.5, Evidence
Code.
- Indigent Litigants: In forma pauperis litigant, rules
governing confidentiality of financial information, Section 68511.3, Government Code.
- Judges: Judicial candidates, confidentiality of
communications concerning, Section 12011.5, Government Code.
- Jurors: Jurors' lists, lists of registered voters and
licensed drivers as source for, Section 197, Code of Civil Procedure.
- Probate Proceedings:
- Personal representative, confidentiality of personal representative's birthdate and
driver's license number, Section 8404, Probate Code;
- Probate referee, disclosure of materials, Section 8908, Probate Code.
- Trade Secrets Litigation: Trade secrets, disclosure of
public records, Section 3426.7, Civil Code.
- Settlements: Litigation, confidentiality of settlement
information, Section 68513, Government Code.
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Personal and Family Life
- Adoption: Adoption records, confidentiality of, Section
102730, Health and Safety Code.
- Alcoholism: County alcohol programs, confidential
information and records, Section 11812, Health and Safety Code.
- Artificial Insemination: Artificial insemination, donor not
natural father, confidentiality of records, Section 7613, Family Code.
- Birth Defects:
- Birth defects, monitoring, confidentiality of information collected, Section 103850,
Health and Safety Code;
- Birth, live, confidential portion of certificate, Sections 102430, 102475, 103525, and
103590, Health and Safety Code;
- Hereditary Disorders Act, legislative finding and declaration, confidential information,
Sections 124975 and 124980, Health and Safety Code.
- Child Custody: Child custody investigation report,
confidentiality of, Section 3111, Family Code.
- Child Support:
- Child support, confidentiality of income tax return, Section 3552, Family Code;
- Child support, promise to pay, confidentiality of, Section 7614, Family Code.
- Confidential Marriage: Certificate, Section 511, Family
Code.
- Conservatorship:
- Conservatee, confidentiality of the conservatee's report, Section 1826, Probate Code;
- Conservatee, estate plan of, confidentiality of, Section 2586, Probate Code;
- Conservatee, status report of, confidentiality of, Section 2620.1, Probate Code;
- Conservatee with disability, confidentiality of report, Section 1827.5, Probate Code;
- Conservator, confidentiality of conservator's birthdate and driver's license number,
Section 1834, Probate Code;
- Conservator, supplemental information, confidentiality of, Section 1821, Probate Code;
- Conservatorship, court review of, confidentiality of report, Section 1851, Probate Code;
- Developmentally disabled conservatee confidentiality of reports and records, Sections
416.8 and 416.18, Health and Safety Code;
- Sterilization of disabled, confidentiality of evaluation report, Section 1955, Probate
Code.
- Drug Addiction:
- Narcotic addict outpatient revocation proceeding, confidentiality of reports, Section
3152.5, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Narcotic and drug abuse patients, confidentiality of records, Section 11977, Health and
Safety Code.
- Family Counseling: Family counselor and client,
confidential information, Section 4982, Business and Professions Code.
- Juvenile Court Wardship:
- Juvenile court proceedings to adjudge a person a dependent child of court, sealing
records of, Section 389, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Wards and dependent children, inspection of juvenile court documents, Section 827,
Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Wards and dependent children, release of description information about minor escapees,
Section 828, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Wards, petition for sealing records, Section 781, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Marital Litigation: Family Court, records, Section 1818,
Family Law Code.
- Mental Illness: County mental health system,
confidentiality of client information, Section 5610, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Mental Retardation: Developmentally disabled person, access
to information provided by family member, Section 4727, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Pasttimes:
- Cable television subscriber information, confidentiality of, Section 637.5, Penal Code;
- Library circulation records and other materials, subdivision (i), Section 6254 and
Section b.
- Paternity: Acknowledgement, confidentiality of records,
Section 102760, Health and Safety Code.
- Pregnancy:
- Pregnancy tests by local public health agencies, confidentiality of, Section 123380,
Health and Safety Code;
- Pregnant women, confidentiality of blood tests, Section 125105, Health and Safety Code.
- Premarital Examinations: Confidentiality of, Section 594,
Family Code.
- Prenatal Examinations: Prenatal syphilis tests,
confidentiality of, Section 120705, Health and Safety Code.
- Sex Change: Confidentiality of birth certificate, Section
103440, Health and Safety Code.
- Vital Statistics in General: Birth, death, and marriage
licenses, confidential information contained in, Sections 102100 and 102110, Health and
Safety Code.
- Wills: Confidentiality of, Section 6389, Probate Code.
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Schools and Education
- Employees in General:
- Community college employee, candidate examination records, confidentiality of, Section
88093, Education Code;
- Community college employee, notice and reasons for nonreemployment, confidentiality,
Section 87740, Education Code;
- Higher Education Employee-Employer Relations, findings of fact and recommended terms of
settlement, Section 3593, Government Code;
- Higher Education Employee-Employer Relations, access by Public Employment Relation Board
to employer's or employee organizations records, Section 3563, Government Code;
- Public school employees organization, confidentiality of proof of majority support
submitted to Public Employment Relations Board, Sections 3544, 3544.1, and 3544.5,
Government Code;
- School employee, merit system examination records, confidentiality of, Section 45274,
Education Code;
- School employee, notice and reasons for hearing on nonreemployment of employee,
confidentiality of, Sections 44948.5 and 44949, Education Code.
- Teachers:
- Teacher, credential holder or applicant, information provided to Commission on Teacher
Credentialing, confidentiality of, Section 44341, Education Code;
- Teacher, certified school personnel examination results, confidentiality of, Section
44289, Education Code;
- Teacher, information filed with Teachers' Retirement Board, confidentiality of, Section
22221, Education Code.
- K-12 Pupils:
- Pupil, confidentiality of personal information, Section 45345, Education Code;
- Pupil drug and alcohol use questionnaires, confidentiality of, Section 11605, Health and
Safety Code;
- Pupil, expulsion hearing, disclosure of testimony of witness and closed session of
district board, Section 48918, Education Code;
- Pupil, personal information disclosed to school counselor, confidentiality of, Section
49602, Education Code;
- Pupil record contents, records of administrative hearing to change contents,
confidentiality of, Section 49070, Education Code;
- Pupil records, access authorized for specified parties, Section 49076, Education Code;
- Pupil records, disclosure in hearing to dismiss or suspend school employee, Section
44944.1, Education Code;
- Pupil records, release of directory information to private entities, Sections 49073 and
49073.5, Education Code;
- School district governing board, disciplinary action, disclosure of pupil information,
Section 35146, Education Code;
- School meals for needy pupils, confidentiality of records, Section 49558, Education
Code;
- State hospital patients, information and records in possession of Superintendent of
Public Instruction, confidentiality of, Section 56863, Education Code.
- College and University Students:
- Student, community college, information received by school counselor, confidentiality
of, Section 72621, Education Code;
- Student, community college, records, limitations on release, Section 76243, Education
Code;
- Student, community college, record contents, records of administrative hearing to change
contents, confidentiality of, Section 76232, Education Code;
- Student, release of student records by public college or university, limitations on,
Section 67143, Education Code;
- Student, release of directory information by public college or university, Section
67140, Education Code.
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Transportation and Utilities
Transportation
- Charter-Party Carriers: unauthorized disclosures by
commission, Section 5412.5, Public Utilities Code.
- Driver and Vehicle Information:
- Driver's license file information, sale or inspection, Section 1810, Vehicle Code;
- Improper obtaining or distributing of information from Department of Motor Vehicles,
Sections 1808.46 and 1808.47, Vehicle Code;
- Motor vehicles, department of, public records, exceptions, Sections 1808 to 1808.7,
inclusive, Vehicle Code;
- Residence address in any record of Department of Motor Vehicles, confidentiality of,
Section 6254.1, Government Code, and Section 1808.21, Vehicle Code;
- Residence and mailing addresses in records of Department of Motor Vehicles,
confidentiality of, Section 1810.7, Vehicle Code;
- Social security number, applicant for driver's license or identification card,
disclosure of, Section 1653.5, Vehicle Code;
- Vehicle registration, financial responsibility verification study, confidentiality of
information, Sections 4750.2 and 4750.4, Vehicle Code.
- Highway carriers: disclosure of information by commission
employee, Section 3709, Public Utilities Code.
- Accidents and Disasters:
- Accident Reports, Admissibility as Evidence, Section 315, Public Utilities Code;
- Aeronautics Act, reports of investigations and hearings, Section 21693, Public Utilities
Code;
- Motor vehicle accident reports, disclosure, Sections 16005, 20012, and 20014, Vehicle
Code.
Utilities
- Intervention in regulatory and ratemaking proceedings:
audit of customer seeking an award, Section 1804, Public Utilities Code.
- Public utilities: confidentiality of information, Section
583, Public Utilities Code.
- State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission:
confidentiality of proprietary information submitted to, Section 25321, Public Resources
Code.
- Utility systems development: confidential information,
subdivision (e), Section 6254, Government Code.
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Welfare and Social Services
- County Social Services:
- County social services, investigation of applicant, confidentiality, Section 18491,
Welfare and Institutions Code;
- County social services rendered by volunteers, confidentiality of records of recipients,
Section 10810, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Older adults receiving county services, providing information between county agencies,
confidentiality of , Section 9356, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Food Stamps: Disclosure of information, Section 18909,
Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Foster Homes: Identifying information, Section 1536, Health
and Safety Code.
- Homeless Youth: Homeless youth emergency service pilot
projects, collection of data, Section 13702, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Indigent Medical Care: Physician Services Account,
confidentiality of patient names in claims, Section 16956, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- In-home Services: Frail elderly and functionally impaired
adults receiving services to prevent institutionalization, confidentiality of medical
records, Section 9390.5, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Medi-Cal:
- Medi-Cal Benefits Program, confidentiality of information, Section 14100.2, Welfare and
Institutions Code;
- Medi-Cal Benefits Program, Evaluation Committee, confidentiality of information, Section
14132.6, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Medi-Cal Benefits Program, Request of Department for Records of Information, Section
14124.89, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Medi-Cal Fraud Bureau, confidentiality of complaints, Section 12528, Government Code.
- Public Housing:
- Housing authorities, confidentiality of rosters of tenants, Section 34283, Health and
Safety Code;
- Housing authorities, confidentiality of applications by prospective or current tenants,
Section 34332, Health and Safety Code;
- Residence address in any record of Department of Housing and Community Development,
confidentiality of, Section 6254.1, Government Code.
- Services to Mentally Ill:
- Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, mental health services recipients, confidentiality of
information and records, mental health advocate, Sections 5540, 5541, 5542, and 5550,
Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Mentally disordered persons, court-ordered evaluation, confidentiality of reports,
Section 5202, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Mentally disordered or mentally ill person, confidentiality of written consent to
detainment, Section 5326.4, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Mentally disordered or mentally ill person, voluntarily or involuntarily detained and
receiving services, confidentiality of records and information, Sections 5328, 5328.01,
5328.02, 5328.05, 5328.1, 5328.15, 5328.2, 5328.3, 5328.4, 5328.5, 5328.7, 5328.8, 5328.9,
and 5330, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Mental institution patient, notification to peace officers of escape, Section 7325.5,
Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Seriously mentally disordered, pilot agencies provided integrated services to,
confidentiality of records of recipients,Section 5815, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Services to Mentally Retarded:
- Developmentally disabled person and person with mental illness, access to and release of
information about, by protection and advocacy agency, Section 4903, Welfare and
Institutions Code;
- Developmentally disabled person, confidentiality of patient records, state agencies,
Section 4553, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Developmentally disabled person, confidentiality of records and information, Sections
4514 and 4518, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Developmentally disabled person, release of confidential client information by regional
center, Section 4744, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Developmentally disabled, regional center, closed meeting on individual client, Sections
4663 and 4665, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Developmentally disabled, regional center, client confidentiality, Section 4630, Welfare
and Institutions Code.
- Social Services in General:
- Public social services, confidentiality of digest of decisions, Section 10964, Welfare
and Institutions Code;
- Public social services, confidentiality of information regarding child abuse or elder or
dependent persons abuse, Section 10850.1, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Public social services, confidentiality of information regarding eligibility, Section
10850.2, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Public social services, confidentiality of records, Section 10850, Welfare and
Institutions Code;
- Public social services, disclosure of information to law enforcement agencies, Section
10850.3, Welfare and Institutions Code;
- Public social services, disclosure of information to law enforcement agencies regarding
deceased applicant or recipient, Section 10850.7, Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Use of Tax Information: Franchise Tax Board, access to
Franchise Tax Board information by the State Department of Social Services, Section 11025,
Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Welfare Data: Welfare, statewide automated system work
plan, confidentiality of data on individuals, Section 10818, Welfare and Institutions
Code.
- Vocational Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation, Department of,
confidential information, Section 19016, Welfare and Institutions Code.
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