California Health and Safety Code 443.22 – (a) The Medical Board of California may update the attending …
(a) The Medical Board of California may update the attending physician checklist and compliance form, the consulting physician compliance form, and the attending physician followup form, based on those provided in subdivision (b). Upon completion, the State Department of Public Health shall publish the updated forms on its Internet Web site.
(b) Unless and until updated by the Medical Board of California pursuant to this section, the attending physician checklist and compliance form, the consulting physician compliance form, and the attending physician followup form shall be in the following form:
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 443.22
- Attending physician: means the physician who has primary responsibility for the health care of an individual and treatment of the individual's terminal disease. See California Health and Safety Code 443.1
- Attending physician checklist and compliance form: means a form, as described in Section 443. See California Health and Safety Code 443.1
- Consulting physician: means a physician who is independent from the attending physician and who is qualified by specialty or experience to make a professional diagnosis and prognosis regarding an individual's terminal disease. See California Health and Safety Code 443.1
- Department: means the State Department of Public Health. See California Health and Safety Code 443.1
- Physician: means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy currently licensed to practice medicine in this state. See California Health and Safety Code 443.1
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
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NOTICE OF INCOMPLETE TEXT: The physician compliance and
follow-up forms appear in the published chaptered bill. See Sec. 1
of Chapter 1 (pp. 18-25), 2nd Ex. Session, Statutes of 2015.
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(Added by Stats. 2015, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 1. (AB 15 2x) Effective June 9, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 443.215. Note: See published bill for complete section text. The physician compliance forms appear on pages 18 to 25 of Ch. 1 (2nd Ex.).)