The California False Claims Act’s anti-retaliation section (Gov. Code 12653) does not apply to governmental agencies, like a county, just as the rest of the act’s substantive provisions do not apply to governmental agencies. By contrast, H&S Code 1278.5, which bans retaliation against whistleblowers in health facilities does apply to government agencies that run those facilities since the statute includes in its definition of covered facilities those run by the Department of Corrections and expressly excludes from coverage some other government run health facilities. The trial court properly granted summary adjudication of plaintiff’s claim under Lab. Code 1102.5. Plaintiff was a doctor. He was terminated because his staff privileges were not renewed when he failed to sign a release that was part of the standard renewal application. Even if it was wrong to demand the release, the demand was made of all renewing doctors and so termination for failure to sign the release was not in retaliation for any whistleblowing activity.