California

Civil Code

4,109 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 4745.1 — (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a common interest development, a
• § 4746 — (a) When reviewing a request to install a solar energy system on a multifamily common area roof shared by more than one homeowner pursuant to Sections 714 and 714.
• § 4747 — (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a planned development, and any p
• § 4750 — (a) For the purposes of this section, “personal agriculture” has the same definition as in Section 1940.
• § 4751 — (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a planned development, and any p
• § 4752 — (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument, and any provision of a governing document shall be void and unenforceable to the
• § 4753 — (a) For the purposes of this section, “clothesline” includes a cord, rope, or wire from which laundered items may be hung to dry or air.
• § 4760 — (a) Subject to the governing documents and applicable law, a member may do the following: (1) Make any improvement or alteration within the boundaries of the member’s separate interest that does not i
• § 4765 — (a) This section applies if the governing documents require association approval before a member may make a physical change to the member’s separate interest or to the common area.
• § 4766 — (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument, and any provision of a governing document that subjects a substantially similar r
• § 4775 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (4), unless otherwise provided in the declaration of a common interest development, the association is responsible for repairing, replacing, and maintaining the
• § 4777 — (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Adjacent separate interest” means a separate interest that is directly beside, above, or below a particular separate interest or the common area.
• § 4780 — (a) In a community apartment project, condominium project, or stock cooperative, unless otherwise provided in the declaration, the association is responsible for the repair and maintenance of the comm
• § 4785 — (a) The association may cause the temporary, summary removal of any occupant of a common interest development for such periods and at such times as may be necessary for prompt, effective treatment of
• § 4790 — Notwithstanding the provisions of the declaration, a member is entitled to reasonable access to the common area for the purpose of maintaining the internal and external telephone wiring made part of t
• § 48 — In the case provided for in subdivision (c) of Section 47, malice is not inferred from the communication.
• § 48.5 — (1) The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable for
• § 48.7 — (a) No person charged by indictment, information, or other accusatory pleading of child abuse may bring a civil libel or slander action against the minor, the parent or guardian of the minor, or any w
• § 48.8 — (a) A communication by any person to a school principal, or a communication by a student attending the school to the student’s teacher or to a school counselor or school nurse and any report of that c
• § 48.9 — (a) An organization which sponsors or conducts an anonymous witness program, and its employees and agents, shall not be liable in a civil action for damages resulting from its receipt of information r
• § 4800 — A common interest development shall be managed by an association that may be incorporated or unincorporated.
• § 4805 — (a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, and regardless of whether the association is incorporated or unincorporated, the association may exercise the powers granted to a nonprofit mutual
• § 4820 — Whenever two or more associations have consolidated any of their functions under a joint neighborhood association or similar organization, members of each participating association shall be (a) entitl
• § 48a — (a) In any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a daily or weekly news publication, or of a slander by radio broadcast, plaintiff shall only recover special damages unless a correction
• § 49 — The rights of personal relations forbid: (a) The abduction or enticement of a child from a parent, or from a guardian entitled to its custody; (b) The seduction of a person under the age of legal cons
• § 4900 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Common Interest Development Open Meeting Act.
• § 4910 — (a) The board shall not take action on any item of business outside of a board meeting.
• § 4920 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the association shall give notice of the time and place of a board meeting at least four days before the meeting.
• § 4923 — An emergency board meeting may be called by the president of the association, or by any two directors other than the president, if there are circumstances that could not have been reasonably foreseen
• § 4925 — (a) Any member may attend board meetings, except when the board adjourns to, or meets solely in, executive session.
• § 4926 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law or the association’s governing documents, a board meeting or meeting of the members may be conducted entirely by teleconference, without any physical location being h
• § 4930 — (a) Except as described in subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, the board may not discuss or take action on any item at a nonemergency meeting unless the item was placed on the agenda included in the n
• § 4935 — (a) The board may adjourn to, or meet solely in, executive session to consider litigation, matters relating to the formation of contracts with third parties, member discipline, personnel matters, or t
• § 4950 — (a) The minutes, minutes proposed for adoption that are marked to indicate draft status, or a summary of the minutes, of any board meeting, other than an executive session, shall be available to membe
• § 4955 — (a) A member of an association may bring a civil action for declaratory or equitable relief for a violation of this article by the association, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief, restit
• § 5 — The provisions of this Code, so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutes or the common law, must be construed as continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.
• § 50 — Any necessary force may be used to protect from wrongful injury the person or property of oneself, or of a spouse, child, parent, or other relative, or member of one’s family, or of a ward, servant, m
• § 5000 — (a) Meetings of the membership of the association shall be conducted in accordance with a recognized system of parliamentary procedure or any parliamentary procedures the association may adopt.
• § 51 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Unruh Civil Rights Act.
• § 51.1 — If a violation of Section 51, 51.
• § 51.10 — (a) Section 51 shall be construed to prohibit a business establishment from discriminating in the sale or rental of housing based upon age.
• § 51.11 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is essential to establish and preserve housing for senior citizens.
• § 51.12 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the requirements for senior housing under Sections 51.
• § 51.13 — Any discount or other benefit offered to or conferred on a consumer or prospective consumer by a business because the consumer or prospective consumer has suffered the loss or reduction of employment
• § 51.14 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms apply: (1) “Business” means any business acting within the State of California that sells goods to any individual or entity, including, but no
• § 51.17 — (a) For purposes of this section, “department” refers to the Civil Rights Department.
• § 51.2 — (a) Section 51 shall be construed to prohibit a business establishment from discriminating in the sale or rental of housing based upon age.
• § 51.3 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is essential to establish and preserve specially designed accessible housing for senior citizens.
• § 51.3.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is essential to establish and preserve specially designed, accessible, intergenerational housing for senior citizens.
• § 51.4 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the requirements for senior housing under Sections 51.
• § 51.5 — (a) No business establishment of any kind whatsoever shall discriminate against, boycott or blacklist, or refuse to buy from, contract with, sell to, or trade with any person in this state on account
• § 51.6 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995.
• § 51.7 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976.
• § 51.8 — (a) No franchisor shall discriminate in the granting of franchises solely on account of any characteristic listed or defined in subdivision (b) or (e) of Section 51 of the franchisee and the compositi
• § 51.9 — (a) A person is liable in a cause of action for sexual harassment under this section when the plaintiff proves all of the following elements: (1) There is a business, service, or professional relation
• § 5100 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law or provision of the governing documents, elections regarding assessments legally requiring a vote, election and removal of directors, amendments to the governing
• § 5103 — Notwithstanding the secret balloting requirement in Section 5100, or any contrary provision in the governing documents, when, as of the deadline for submitting nominations provided for in subdivision
• § 5105 — (a) An association shall adopt operating rules in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Article 5 (commencing with Section 4340) of Chapter 3, that do all of the following: (1) Ensure that if a
• § 5110 — (a) The association shall select an independent third party or parties as an inspector of elections.
• § 5115 — (a) An association shall provide general notice of the procedure and deadline for submitting a nomination at least 30 days before any deadline for submitting a nomination.
• § 5120 — (a) All votes shall be counted and tabulated by the inspector or inspectors of elections, or the designee of the inspector or inspectors of elections, in public at a properly noticed open meeting of t
• § 5125 — The sealed ballots, signed voter envelopes, voter list, proxies, candidate registration list, and tally sheet of votes cast by electronic secret ballot shall at all times be in the custody of the insp
• § 5130 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Proxy” means a written authorization signed by a member or the authorized representative of the member that gives another
• § 5135 — (a) Association funds shall not be used for campaign purposes in connection with any association board election.
• § 5145 — (a) A member of an association may bring a civil action for declaratory or equitable relief for a violation of this article by the association, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief, restit
• § 52 — (a) Whoever denies, aids or incites a denial, or makes any discrimination or distinction contrary to Section 51, 51.
• § 52.1 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act.
• § 52.2 — An action pursuant to Section 52 or 54.
• § 52.3 — (a) No governmental authority, or agent of a governmental authority, or person acting on behalf of a governmental authority, shall engage in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officer
• § 52.4 — (a) Any person who has been subjected to gender violence may bring a civil action for damages against any responsible party.
• § 52.45 — (a) Any person who has been subjected to sexual orientation violence may bring a civil action for damages against any responsible party.
• § 52.5 — (a) A victim of human trafficking, as defined in Section 236.
• § 52.6 — (a) Each of the following businesses and other establishments shall, upon the availability of the model notice described in subdivision (d), post a notice that complies with the requirements of this s
• § 52.65 — (a) A hotel is in violation of this section, and subject to civil penalties, if either or both of the following conditions are met: (1) Sex trafficking activity occurred in the hotel, a supervisory em
• § 52.66 — (a) For purposes of this section, both of the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Entertainment facility” means a publicly or privately owned place of entertainment with a capacity of over 15,000
• § 52.7 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), a person shall not require, coerce, or compel any other individual to undergo the subcutaneous implanting of an identification device.
• § 52.8 — (a) In a civil action seeking damages or equitable relief against any person or entity that distributes, benefits from, promotes, or induces another person to distribute unauthorized obscene materials
• § 5200 — For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Association records” means all of the following: (1) Any financial document required to be provided to a member in Article
• § 5205 — (a) The association shall make available association records for the time periods and within the timeframes provided in Section 5210 for inspection and copying by a member of the association, or the m
• § 5210 — (a) Association records are subject to member inspection for the following time periods: (1) For the current fiscal year and for each of the previous two fiscal years.
• § 5215 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the association may withhold or redact information from the association records if any of the following are true: (1) The release of the information is reaso
• § 5216 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, upon request of a member of an association who is an active participant in the Safe at Home program, the association shall do both of the following: (1) Accept and u
• § 5220 — A member of the association may opt out of the sharing of that member’s name, property address, email address, and mailing address by notifying the association in writing that the member prefers to be
• § 5225 — A member requesting the membership list shall state the purpose for which the list is requested which purpose shall be reasonably related to the requester’s interest as a member.
• § 5230 — (a) The association records, and any information from them, may not be sold, used for a commercial purpose, or used for any other purpose not reasonably related to a member’s interest as a member.
• § 5235 — (a) A member may bring an action to enforce that member’s right to inspect and copy the association records.
• § 5240 — (a) As applied to an association and its members, the provisions of this article are intended to supersede the provisions of Sections 8330 and 8333 of the Corporations Code to the extent those section
• § 5260 — To be effective, any of the following requests shall be delivered in writing to the association, pursuant to Section 4035: (a) A request to change the member’s information in the association membershi
• § 53 — (a) Every provision in a written instrument relating to real property that purports to forbid or restrict the conveyance, encumbrance, leasing, or mortgaging of that real property to any person becaus
• § 53.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as specified in this section, an innkeeper, hotelkeeper, motelkeeper, lodginghouse keeper, or owner or operator of an inn, hotel, motel, lodginghouse, or othe
• § 53.7 — (a) A statute, ordinance, or other state or local rule, regulation, or enactment shall not deny a minority group political structure equal protection of the law by altering, restructuring, or reorderi
• § 5300 — (a) Notwithstanding a contrary provision in the governing documents, an association shall distribute an annual budget report 30 to 90 days before the end of its fiscal year.
• § 5305 — Unless the governing documents impose more stringent standards, a review of the financial statement of the association shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles by
• § 5310 — (a) Within 30 to 90 days before the end of its fiscal year, the board shall distribute an annual policy statement that provides the members with information about association policies.
• § 5320 — (a) When a report is prepared pursuant to Section 5300 or 5310, the association shall deliver one of the following documents to all members by individual delivery pursuant to Section 4040: (1) The ful
• § 5350 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and regardless of whether an association is incorporated or unincorporated, the provisions of Sections 7233 and 7234 of the Corporations Code shall apply to any cont
• § 5375 — A prospective managing agent of a common interest development shall provide a written statement to the board as soon as practicable, but in no event more than 90 days, before entering into a managemen
• § 5375.5 — A common interest development manager or common interest development management firm shall disclose, in writing, any potential conflict of interest when presenting a bid for service to an association’
• § 5376 — The common interest development manager, common interest development management firm, or its contracted third-party agent shall facilitate the delivery of disclosures required pursuant to paragraph (1
• § 5380 — (a) A managing agent of a common interest development who accepts or receives funds belonging to the association shall deposit those funds that are not placed into an escrow account with a bank, savin
• § 5385 — For the purposes of this article, “managing agent” does not include a full-time employee of the association.
• § 54 — (a) Individuals with disabilities or medical conditions have the same right as the general public to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, medical faci
• § 54.1 — (a) (1) Individuals with disabilities shall be entitled to full and equal access, as other members of the general public, to accommodations, advantages, facilities, medical facilities, including hospi
• § 54.2 — (a) Every individual with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog, especially trained for the purpose, in any of the places specified in Section 54.
• § 54.25 — (a) (1) A peace officer or firefighter assigned to a canine unit or the handler of a search and rescue dog assigned to duty away from his or her home jurisdiction because of a declared federal, state,
• § 54.27 — (a) An attorney who provides a prelitigation letter to an education entity shall do both of the following: (1) Include the attorney’s State Bar license number in the prelitigation letter.
• § 54.3 — (a) Any person or persons, firm or corporation who denies or interferes with admittance to or enjoyment of the public facilities as specified in Sections 54 and 54.
• § 54.4 — A blind or otherwise visually impaired pedestrian shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons in any of the places, accommodations, or conveyances specified in Sect
• § 54.5 — Each year, the Governor shall publicly proclaim October 15 as White Cane Safety Day.
• § 54.6 — As used in this part, “visually impaired” includes blindness and means having central visual acuity not to exceed 20/200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses, as measured by the Snellen test, or v
• § 54.7 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this part shall not be construed to require zoos or wild animal parks to allow guide dogs, signal dogs, or service dogs to accompany i
• § 54.8 — (a) In any civil or criminal proceeding, including, but not limited to, traffic, small claims court, family court proceedings and services, and juvenile court proceedings, in any court-ordered or cour
• § 54.9 — (a) On and after January 1, 2009, a manufacturer or distributor of touch-screen devices used for the purpose of self-service check-in at a hotel or at a facility providing passenger transportation ser
• § 5400 — To the extent existing funds are available, the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Bureau of Real Estate shall develop an online education course for the board regarding the role, duties, laws, an
• § 5405 — (a) To assist with the identification of common interest developments, each association, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall submit to the Secretary of State, on a form and for a fee not to
• § 5450 — (a) This section only applies to a common interest development if gathering in person is unsafe or impossible because the common interest development is in an area affected by one or more of the follo
• § 55 — Any person who is aggrieved or potentially aggrieved by a violation of Section 54 or 54.
• § 55.1 — In addition to any remedies available under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 101-336 (42 U.
• § 55.2 — If a violation of Section 54, 54.
• § 55.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following apply: (1) “Complaint” means a civil complaint that is filed or is to be filed with a court and is sent to or served upon a defendant on the basis of on
• § 55.31 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2013, a demand letter alleging a construction-related accessibility claim, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 55.
• § 55.32 — (a) An attorney who provides a demand letter, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 55.
• § 55.51 — This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Construction-Related Accessibility Standards Compliance Act.
• § 55.52 — (a) For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (1) “Construction-related accessibility claim” means any civil claim in a civil action with respect to a place of public accommodation,
• § 55.53 — (a) For purposes of this part, a certified access specialist shall, upon completion of the inspection of a site, comply with the following: (1) For a meets applicable standards site, if the CASp deter
• § 55.54 — (a) (1) An attorney who causes a summons and complaint to be served in an action that includes a construction-related accessibility claim, including, but not limited to, a claim brought under Section
• § 55.545 — (a) A defendant who does not qualify for an early evaluation conference pursuant Section 55.
• § 55.55 — Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 55.
• § 55.56 — (a) Statutory damages under either subdivision (a) of Section 52 or subdivision (a) of Section 54.
• § 55.57 — (a) This part shall apply only to claims filed on or after January 1, 2009.
• § 55.61 — This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Small Business Gender Discrimination in Services Compliance Act.
• § 55.62 — (a) For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (1) “Gender discrimination in pricing services claim” means any civil claim in a civil action with respect to a business establishment,
• § 55.63 — (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2019, the Department of Consumer Affairs shall develop a pamphlet or other informational materials for use by the following business establishments: tailors and busines
• § 55.7 — The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) Unjustified differences in similar products that are traditionally marketed either for girls or for boys can be more easily identified by
• § 55.8 — (a) A retail department store that offers childcare items or toys for sale shall maintain a gender neutral section or area, to be labeled at the discretion of the retailer, in which a reasonable selec
• § 5500 — Unless the governing documents impose more stringent standards, the board shall do all of the following: (a) Review, on a monthly basis, a current reconciliation of the association’s operating account
• § 5501 — The review requirements of Section 5500 may be met when every individual member of the board, or a subcommittee of the board consisting of the treasurer and at least one other board member, reviews th
• § 5502 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, transfers shall not be authorized from the association’s reserve or operating accounts without prior written approval from the board of the association unless the am
• § 5510 — (a) The signatures of at least two persons, who shall be directors, or one officer who is not a director and one who is a director, shall be required for the withdrawal of moneys from the association’
• § 5515 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 5510, the board may authorize the temporary transfer of moneys from a reserve fund to the association’s general operating fund to meet short-term cashflow requirements or o
• § 5520 — (a) When the decision is made to use reserve funds or to temporarily transfer moneys from the reserve fund to pay for litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5510, the association shall prov
• § 5550 — (a) At least once every three years, the board shall cause to be conducted a reasonably competent and diligent visual inspection of the accessible areas of the major components that the association is
• § 5551 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Associated waterproofing systems” include flashings, membranes, coatings, and sealants that protect the load-bearing components
• § 5560 — (a) The reserve funding plan required by Section 5550 shall include a schedule of the date and amount of any change in regular or special assessments that would be needed to sufficiently fund the rese
• § 5565 — The summary of the association’s reserves required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 5300 shall be based on the most recent review or study conducted pursuant to Section 5550, shall be ba
• § 5570 — (a) The disclosures required by this article with regard to an association or a property shall be summarized on the following form: Assessment and Reserve Funding Disclosure Summary For the Fiscal Yea
• § 5580 — (a) Unless the governing documents impose more stringent standards, any community service organization whose funding from the association or its members exceeds 10 percent of the organization’s annual
• § 56 — This part may be cited as the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
• § 56.05 — For purposes of this part: (a) “Authorization” means permission granted in accordance with Section 56.
• § 56.06 — (a) Any business organized for the purpose of maintaining medical information in order to make the information available to an individual or to a provider of health care at the request of the individu
• § 56.07 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), upon the patient’s written request, any corporation described in Section 56.
• § 56.10 — (a) A provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor shall not disclose medical information regarding a patient of the provider of health care or an enrollee or subscriber of a healt
• § 56.1007 — (a) A provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor may, in accordance with subdivision (c) or (d), disclose to a family member, other relative, domestic partner, or a close persona
• § 56.101 — (a) Every provider of health care, health care service plan, pharmaceutical company, or contractor who creates, maintains, preserves, stores, abandons, destroys, or disposes of medical information sha
• § 56.102 — (a) A pharmaceutical company may not require a patient, as a condition of receiving pharmaceuticals, medications, or prescription drugs, to sign an authorization, release, consent, or waiver that woul
• § 56.103 — (a) A provider of health care may disclose medical information to a county social worker, a probation officer, a foster care public health nurse acting pursuant to Section 16501.
• § 56.104 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 56.
• § 56.105 — Whenever, prior to the service of a complaint upon a defendant in any action arising out of the professional negligence of a person holding a valid physician’s and surgeon’s certificate issued pursuan
• § 56.106 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 3025 of the Family Code, paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 56.
• § 56.107 — Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent permitted by federal law, a health care service plan shall take the following steps to protect the confidentiality of a subscriber’s or enrollee’s medi
• § 56.108 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 56.
• § 56.109 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 56.
• § 56.11 — (a) Any person or entity that wishes to obtain medical information pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56.
• § 56.110 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 56.
• § 56.12 — Upon demand by the patient or the person who signed an authorization, a provider of health care, health care service plan, pharmaceutical company, or contractor possessing the authorization shall furn
• § 56.13 — A recipient of medical information pursuant to an authorization as provided by this chapter or pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 56.
• § 56.14 — A provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor that discloses medical information pursuant to the authorizations required by this chapter shall communicate to the person or entity
• § 56.15 — Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent a person who could sign the authorization pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56.
• § 56.16 — For disclosures not addressed by Section 56.
• § 56.17 — (a) This section shall apply to the disclosure of genetic test results by a health care service plan that are contained in an applicant’s or enrollee’s medical records.
• § 56.18 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Genetic Information Privacy Act.
• § 56.181 — (a) To safeguard the privacy, confidentiality, security, and integrity of a consumer’s genetic data, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company shall do both of the following: (1) Provide clear and
• § 56.182 — (a) Any person who negligently violates this chapter shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) plus court costs, as determined by the court.
• § 56.184 — (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not reduce a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company’s duties, obligations, requirements, or standards under any applicable state and federal laws for the p
• § 56.186 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 56.20 — (a) Each employer who receives medical information shall establish appropriate procedures to ensure the confidentiality and protection from unauthorized use and disclosure of that information.
• § 56.21 — An authorization for an employer to disclose medical information shall be valid if the authorization complies with all of the following: (a) Is handwritten or is in a typeface no smaller than 14-point
• § 56.22 — Upon demand by the patient or the person who signed an authorization, an employer possessing the authorization shall furnish a true copy thereof.
• § 56.23 — An employer that discloses medical information pursuant to an authorization required by this chapter shall communicate to the person or entity to which it discloses the medical information any limitat
• § 56.24 — Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent a person who could sign the authorization pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56.
• § 56.245 — A recipient of medical information pursuant to an authorization as provided by this chapter may not further disclose such medical information unless in accordance with a new authorization that meets t
• § 56.25 — (a) An employer that is a provider of health care shall not be deemed to have violated Section 56.
• § 56.251 — When partnering with a provider of health care to provide a mental health digital service, any business that offers a mental health digital service shall provide to the provider of health care informa
• § 56.26 — (a) No person or entity engaged in the business of furnishing administrative services to programs that provide payment for health care services shall knowingly use, disclose, or permit its employees o
• § 56.265 — A person or entity that underwrites or sells annuity contracts or contracts insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying against loss, harm, damage, illness, disability, or death, and any affiliate of that
• § 56.27 — An employer that is an insurance institution, insurance agent, or insurance support organization subject to the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act, Article 6.
• § 56.28 — Nothing in this part shall be deemed to affect existing laws relating to a patient’s right of access to his or her own medical information, or relating to disclosures made pursuant to Section 1158 of
• § 56.29 — (a) Nothing in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.
• § 56.30 — The disclosure and use of the following medical information shall not be subject to the limitations of this part: (a) (Mental health and developmental disabilities) Information and records obtained in
• § 56.31 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in subdivision (f) of Section 56.
• § 56.35 — In addition to any other remedies available at law, a patient whose medical information has been used or disclosed in violation of Section 56.
• § 56.36 — (a) A violation of the provisions of this part that results in economic loss or personal injury to a patient is punishable as a misdemeanor.
• § 56.37 — (a) No provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor may require a patient, as a condition of receiving health care services, to sign an authorization, release, consent, or waiver t
• § 5600 — (a) Except as provided in Section 5605, the association shall levy regular and special assessments sufficient to perform its obligations under the governing documents and this act.
• § 5605 — (a) Annual increases in regular assessments for any fiscal year shall not be imposed unless the board has complied with paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of subdivision (b) of Section 5
• § 5610 — Section 5605 does not limit assessment increases necessary for emergency situations.
• § 5615 — The association shall provide individual notice pursuant to Section 4040 to the members of any increase in the regular or special assessments of the association, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
• § 5620 — (a) Regular assessments imposed or collected to perform the obligations of an association under the governing documents or this act shall be exempt from execution by a judgment creditor of the associa
• § 5625 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), notwithstanding any provision of this act or the governing documents to the contrary, an association shall not levy assessments on separate interests within
• § 5650 — (a) A regular or special assessment and any late charges, reasonable fees and costs of collection, reasonable attorney’s fees, if any, and interest, if any, as determined in accordance with subdivisio