California Health and Safety Code

§ 443.15

HSC § 443.15 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 1 · Part 1.85

Statute text

(a)Subject to subdivision (b), notwithstanding any other law, a health care entity may prohibit its employees, independent contractors, or other persons or entities, including health care providers, from participating under this part while on premises owned or under the management or direct control of that health care entity or while acting within the course and scope of any employment by, or contract with, the entity.

(b)A health care entity shall first give notice upon employment or other affiliation and thereafter annual notice of the policy concerning this part to the individual or entity. An entity that fails to provide notice to an individual or entity in compliance with this subdivision shall not be entitled to enforce such a policy against that individual or entity. For purposes of this subdivision, posting on the entity’s public internet website the entity’s current policy governing medical aid in dying shall satisfy the annual notice requirement.

(c)Subject to compliance with subdivision (b), the health care entity may take action, including, but not limited to, the following, as applicable, against any individual or entity that violates this policy:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 542, Sec. 7. (SB 380) Effective January 1, 2022.