California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 364

CCP § 364Title 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)No action based upon the health care provider’s professional negligence may be commenced unless the defendant has been given at least 90 days’ prior notice of the intention to commence the action.

(b)No particular form of notice is required, but it shall notify the defendant of the legal basis of the claim and the type of loss sustained, including with specificity the nature of the injuries suffered.

(c)The notice may be served in the manner prescribed in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1010) of Title 14 of Part 2.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 2.