California Health and Safety Code

§ 109282

HSC § 109282 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 104 · Part 4 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Every person or entity who owns or operates a health facility or a clinic, or who is licensed as a physician and surgeon and rents or owns the premises where his or her practice is located, shall cause a sign or notice to be posted where prostate cancer screening or treatment is performed by any physician and surgeon, or in a reasonably proximate area to where prostate cancer screening or treatment is performed. A sign or notice posted at the patient registration area of the health facility, clinic, or physician and surgeon’s office shall constitute compliance with this section.

(b)The sign or notice shall read as follows: “BE INFORMED” “If you are a patient being treated for any form of prostate cancer, or prior to performance of a biopsy for prostate cancer, your physician and surgeon is urged to provide you a written summary of alternative efficacious methods of treatment, pursuant to Section 109280 of the California Health and Safety Code.” “The information about methods of treatment was developed by the State Department of Public Health to inform patients of the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and descriptions of procedures.”

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 241, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 37 of Ch. 241.