California Business and Professions Code

§ 2248

BPC § 2248 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 12

Statute text

This section shall be known as, and may be cited as, the Grant H. Kenyon Prostate Cancer Detection Act.

(a)If a physician and surgeon, during a physical examination, examines a patient’s prostate gland, the physician and surgeon shall provide information to the patient about the availability of appropriate diagnostic procedures, including, but not limited to, the prostate antigen (PSA) test, if any of the following conditions are present:

(1)The patient is over 50 years of age.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 76, Sec. 1. (AB 1621) Effective January 1, 2013.