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(a) The State Department of Health Services shall establish an Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit. This unit shall have responsibility for ensuring the production and distribution of BIG to patients in California and nationwide suspected of having infant botulism or other forms of human botulism in accord with applicable federal law.
(b) As permitted by federal law, the state department shall charge a fee for BIG, and the fees shall be deposited in the special Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Fund established by Section 123709.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds generated by the sale of BIG are to be expended only for the purposes authorized by this article.
(d) The amount of the fee shall be established by regulation and periodically adjusted by the State Director of Health Services in order to meet but not exceed the total costs of this article. This adjustment of fees shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, except that upon adoption of the adjusted fee by the director, the provision revising the fee shall be filed with the Secretary of State and shall be printed in the California Code of Regulations.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state department consider providing BIG to low-income families at no charge.
In the event the referendum is carried in the affirmative and the assessment is levied and collected as provided, any producer upon and against whom the assessment shall have been levied and collected under the provisions of KRS 247.4451 to 247.4483, if dissatisfied with the assessment and the result thereof, shall have the right to demand of and receive from the treasurer of the certified commission, council, board, association, or other agency of producers a refund of the assessment collected from the producer, if the demand for refund is made in writing within thirty (30) days from the date on which the assessment is collected from the producer.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 123702 - last updated January 01, 2019 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/health-and-safety-code/hsc-sect-123702/
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