California Health and Safety Code

§ 102850

HSC § 102850 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 102 · Part 1 · Ch. 6 · Art. 3

Statute text

A physician and surgeon, physician assistant, funeral director, or other person shall immediately notify the coroner when they have knowledge of a death that occurred or has charge of a body in which death occurred under any of the following circumstances:

(a)Without medical attendance.

(b)During the continued absence of the attending physician and surgeon.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 271, Sec. 7. (AB 583) Effective January 1, 2026. Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 8 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 271.