California Health and Safety Code

§ 1462

HSC § 1462 Effective Oct 4, 1995Div. 2 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in this section or Section 1461, all of the sessions of the board of directors of any hospital subject to this chapter, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public.

(b)The board of directors may order that a meeting held solely for the purpose of discussion or deliberation, or both, of reports involving hospital trade secrets to be held in closed session. Except as provided in this subdivision, the closed session shall meet all applicable requirements of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

(c)“Hospital trade secrets,” as used in this section, means a “trade secret,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 3426.1 of the Civil Code, and which meets both of the following:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 529, Sec. 13. Effective October 4, 1995.