California · Health and Safety Code - HSC
HSC §128560: For purposes of this article: (a) “Corps” means the California Reproductive Health Service Corps established pursuant to Section 128561.
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For purposes of this article: (a) “Corps” means the California Reproductive Health Service Corps established pursuant to Section 128561. (b) “Reproductive health” means health services relating to abortion care, sexual health counseling, contraception, sexually transmitted infections, reproductive tract infections, HIV, gynecology, perinatal care, midwifery care, gender affirming care, and gender-based violence prevention. (c) “Reproductive health care professionals” means medical doctors, licensed midwives, certified nurse-midwives, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician’s assistants, doulas, licensed vocational nurses, community health workers, medical assistants, and pharmacists. (d) “Scholar” means a person in the corps who is a student who has been accepted in a school or a program on a part-time or full-time basis that graduates reproductive health care professionals or who is an existing reproductive health professional who desires more training and professional development in abortion care to provide this service.
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