Table 1.

Status of disease prevention demonstration project approval to allow non-prescription syringe sales among 61 California local health jurisdictions (LHJs) within the first 8 months after passage of a state law allowing LHJs to do so

Status	Number of LHJs
Approved	9
In process of approving	9
Plan to approve	17
Approval process on hold (info gathering stage)	2
No plans to approve	18
Status unknown	2
Did not complete surveya	4

^aOne urban and three rural LHJs failed to complete the survey