California Health and Safety Code

§ 7150.55

HSC § 7150.55 Effective Jan 1, 2008Div. 7 · Part 1 · Ch. 3.5

Statute text

(a)All of the following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:

(1)A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual.

(2)If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual’s arrival at the hospital.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 629, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.