Pen. Code, § 5022 · Chapter 1. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Pen. Code, § 5022
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Upon the entry of a prisoner into a facility operated by the Department of Corrections, and at least every year thereafter, the Director of Corrections shall obtain from the prisoner the name and last known address and telephone number of any person or persons who shall be notified in the event of the prisoner’s death or serious illness or serious injury, as determined by the physician in attendance, and who are authorized to receive his or her body. The persons shall be noted in the order of the prisoner’s preference. The Director of Corrections shall provide the prisoner with the opportunity to modify or amend his or her notification list at any time.
(b) The Director of Corrections shall use all reasonable means to contact the person or persons set forth in the notification list upon the death or serious illness or serious injury, as determined by the physician in attendance, of the prisoner while confined in a facility operated by the Department of Corrections.
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History
Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 211, Sec. 1. Effective July 26, 1993.
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