{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"56.16","citation":"Civ. Code, § 56.16","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. PERSONS [38. - 86.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-1"},{"name":"PART 2.6. CONFIDENTIALITY OF MEDICAL INFORMATION [56. - 56.37.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-1/part-2.6"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Disclosure of Medical Information by Providers [56.10. - 56.16.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-1/part-2.6/chapter-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 444, Sec. 5.   (SB 138)   Effective January 1, 2014.","effective":"2014-01-01","html":"<p>For disclosures not addressed by Section <a href=\"/civ/56.1007\">56.1007</a>, unless there is a specific written request by the patient to the contrary, nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent a general acute care hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/hsc/1250\">1250</a> of the Health and Safety Code, upon an inquiry concerning a specific patient, from releasing at its discretion any of the following information: the patient’s name, address, age, and sex; a general description of the reason for treatment (whether an injury, a burn, poisoning, or some unrelated condition); the general nature of the injury, burn, poisoning, or other condition; the general condition of the patient; and any information that is not medical information as defined in Section <a href=\"/civ/56.05\">56.05</a>.</p>","text":"For disclosures not addressed by Section 56.1007, unless there is a specific written request by the patient to the contrary, nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent a general acute care hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, upon an inquiry concerning a specific patient, from releasing at its discretion any of the following information: the patient’s name, address, age, and sex; a general description of the reason for treatment (whether an injury, a burn, poisoning, or some unrelated condition); the general nature of the injury, burn, poisoning, or other condition; the general condition of the patient; and any information that is not medical information as defined in Section 56.05.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/disclosure-of-medical-information-by-providers-56-16","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}