California Penal Code ARTICLE 2 - Reports of Injuries

• Section 11160.
  (a) Any health practitioner employed in a health facility, clinic, physician’s office, local or state public health department, or a clinic or other type of facility...
• Section 11160.1.
  (a) Any health practitioner employed in any health facility, clinic, physician’s office, local or state public health department, or a clinic or other type of facility...
• Section 11161.
  Notwithstanding Section 11160, the following shall apply to every physician or surgeon who has under his or her charge or care any person described in...
• Section 11161.2.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that adequate protection of victims of domestic violence and elder and dependent adult abuse has been hampered by lack of...
• Section 11161.5.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that on or before January 1, 2006, the California District Attorneys Association, in conjunction with interested parties, including,...
• Section 11161.8.
  Every person, firm, or corporation conducting any hospital in the state, or the managing agent thereof, or the person managing or in charge of such...
• Section 11161.9.
  (a) A health practitioner who makes a report in accordance with this article shall not incur civil or criminal liability as a result of any report...
• Section 11162.
  A violation of this article is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding...
• Section 11162.5.
  As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Health practitioner” has the same meaning as provided in paragraphs (21) to (28), inclusive, of subdivision...
• Section 11162.7.
  This article shall not apply when a report is required to be made pursuant to the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (Article 2.5 (commencing...
• Section 11163.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that even though the Legislature has provided for immunity from liability, pursuant to Section 11161.9, for persons required or authorized...
• Section 11163.2.
  (a) In any court proceeding or administrative hearing, neither the physician-patient privilege nor the psychotherapist privilege applies to the information required to be reported pursuant to...
• Section 11163.3.
  (a) A county may establish an interagency domestic violence death review team to assist local agencies in identifying and reviewing domestic violence deaths, including homicides and...
• Section 11163.4.
  Subject to available funding, the Attorney General, working with the state domestic violence coalition, shall develop a protocol for the development and implementation of interagency...
• Section 11163.5.
  (a) The purpose of this section is to coordinate and integrate state and local efforts to address fatal domestic violence, and to create a body of...
• Section 11163.6.
  In order to ensure consistent and uniform results, data may be collected and summarized by the domestic violence death review teams to show the statistical...

Last modified: October 22, 2018