California Civil Code CHAPTER 3 - Use and Disclosure of Medical Information by Employers

• Section 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. These...
• Section 56.21.
  An authorization for an employer to disclose medical information shall be valid if it complies with all of the following:(a) Is handwritten by the person who...
• Section 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or the person who signed an authorization, an employer possessing the authorization shall furnish a true copy thereof.(Repealed and added...
• Section 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...
• Section 56.24.
  Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent a person who could sign the authorization pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56.21 from cancelling...
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018