California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §120715: Any licensed physician and surgeon, or other person engaged in attendance upon a pregnant woman or a recently delivered woman, or any representative of a laboratory who violates any provision of this

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A licensed physician, healthcare attendant, or laboratory representative who violates this chapter's provisions commits a misdemeanor. Exception: providers are not guilty if a specimen request is refused.

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Any licensed physician and surgeon, or other person engaged in attendance upon a pregnant woman or a recently delivered woman, or any representative of a laboratory who violates any provision of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor. However, a licensed physician and surgeon, or other person engaged in attendance upon a pregnant or recently delivered woman, whose request for a specimen is refused, is not guilty of a misdemeanor for failure to obtain it.

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