California Health and Safety Code

§ 7151.35

HSC § 7151.35 Effective Jan 1, 2008Div. 7 · Part 1 · Ch. 3.5

Statute text

(a)No hospital, physician and surgeon, procurement organization, or other person shall determine the ultimate recipient of an anatomical gift based upon a potential recipient’s physical or mental disability, except to the extent that the physical or mental disability has been found by a physician and surgeon, following a case-by-case evaluation of the potential recipient, to be medically significant to the provision of the anatomical gift.

(b)Subdivision (a) shall apply to each part of the organ transplant process. The organ transplant process includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1)The referral from a primary care provider to a specialist.

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Legislative history

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