2023 California Code
Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 1 - PERSONS
PART 2.6 - CONFIDENTIALITY OF MEDICAL INFORMATION
CHAPTER 2 - Disclosure of Medical Information by Providers
Section 56.16.

Universal Citation:
CA Civ Code § 56.16 (2023)
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56.16. For disclosures not addressed by Section 56.1007, unless there is a specific written request by the patient to the contrary, nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent a general acute care hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, upon an inquiry concerning a specific patient, from releasing at its discretion any of the following information: the patient’s name, address, age, and sex; a general description of the reason for treatment (whether an injury, a burn, poisoning, or some unrelated condition); the general nature of the injury, burn, poisoning, or other condition; the general condition of the patient; and any information that is not medical information as defined in Section 56.05.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 444, Sec. 5. (SB 138) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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