California Business and Professions Code

§ 2397

BPC § 2397 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 17

Statute text

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

(1)The patient was unconscious.

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

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 105, Sec. 1. (SB 953) Effective January 1, 2011.