California Business and Professions Code

§ 2220.2

BPC § 2220.2 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) At the time that a complaint is referred for a field investigation, the relevant complainant, patient, or patient representative shall be provided with the opportunity to provide a statement relative to the harm they experienced.

(2)The complainant, patient, or patient representative shall have up to 60 days following receipt of the notification described in paragraph (1) to provide the statement to the board.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 294, Sec. 12. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2024.