Health & Saf. Code, § 440.40 · Part 1.7. [HEALTH FACILITIES DISCLOSURE ACT]

Health & Saf. Code, § 440.40

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The primary attending health care practitioner shall obtain prior written consent from each patient for whom a billing is requested, authorizing the release of the patient’s billing. A copy of this signed patient consent form shall be forwarded to the health care facility as part of the written request for itemized billings.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1049, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=440.40.
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