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2020 California Code
Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 1 - PERSONS
PART 2.6 - CONFIDENTIALITY OF MEDICAL INFORMATION
CHAPTER 7 - Violations
Section 56.35.
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CA Civ Code § 56.35 (2020)
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56.35.
In addition to any other remedies available at law, a patient whose medical information has been used or disclosed in violation of Section 56.10 or 56.104 or 56.20 or subdivision (a) of Section 56.26 and who has sustained economic loss or personal injury therefrom may recover compensatory damages, punitive damages not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000), attorneys’ fees not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), and the costs of litigation.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 527, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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