California Business and Professions Code

§ 2220.1

BPC § 2220.1 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 12

Statute text

(a)For purposes of this section, “patient representative” means the spouse or domestic partner of the patient, a person responsible for the care of the patient, or the patient’s next of kin.

(b)(1) Before a complaint within the jurisdiction of the board pertaining to the quality-of-care that a licensee provided to their patient may be closed, the board shall conduct an interview with the complainant, the patient, or the patient’s representative, if one is identified in the complaint.

(2)This subdivision shall not apply to complaints that are submitted anonymously or without the contact information of the complainant, patient, or a patient representative.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 294, Sec. 11. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2024. Conditionally operative as prescribed by its own provisions.