California Business and Professions Code

§ 1627.7

BPC § 1627.7Div. 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)A dentist shall not be liable for damages for injury or death caused in an emergency situation occurring in the dentist’s office or in a hospital on account of a failure to inform a patient of the possible consequences of a dental procedure where the failure to inform is caused by any of the following:

(1)The patient was unconscious.

(2)The dental procedure was undertaken without the consent of the patient because the dentist reasonably believed that a dental procedure should be undertaken immediately and that there was insufficient time to fully inform the patient.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 412.