CHAPTER 6. Sterilization
Chapter 6 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
§§ 1950–1969 · 21 sections
- § 1950 The Legislature recognizes that the right to exercise choice over matters of procreation is fundamental and may not be denied to an individual on the basis of…
- § 1951 (a) No person who has the ability to consent to his or her sterilization shall be sterilized pursuant to this chapter. (b) For the purposes of this chapter,…
- § 1952 The conservator of an adult, or any person authorized to file a petition for the appointment of a conservator under paragraphs (2) to (5), inclusive, of…
- § 1953 At least 90 days before the hearing on the petition under this chapter, notice of the time and place of the hearing and a copy of the petition shall be served…
- § 1954 In any proceeding under this chapter, if the person named in the petition for court authorization to consent to sterilization has not retained legal counsel…
- § 1954.5 (a) The court shall appoint a facilitator for the person named in the petition, who shall assist the person named in the petition to do all of the following:…
- § 1955 (a) The court shall request the director of the appropriate regional center for the developmentally disabled to coordinate an investigation and prepare and…
- § 1956 The person to whom the petition applies shall be present at the hearing except for reason of medical inability. Emotional or psychological instability is not…
- § 1957 To the greatest extent possible, the court shall elicit and take into account the views of the individual for whom sterilization is proposed in determining…
- § 1958 The court may authorize the conservator of a person proposed to be sterilized to consent to the sterilization of that person only if the court finds that the…
- § 1959 The fact that, due to the nature or severity of his or her disability, a person for whom an authorization to consent to sterilization is sought may be…
- § 1960 If the person named in the petition already has a conservator, the court may authorize that person to consent to sterilization or may appoint another person as…
- § 1961 A sterilization procedure authorized under this chapter shall not include hysterectomy or castration. However, if the report prepared under Section 1955…
- § 1962 (a) Any court order granting a petition under this chapter shall be accompanied by a written statement of decision pursuant to Section 632 of the Code of Civil…
- § 1963 (a) At the conclusion of the hearing, the court, after inquiring into financial ability, may make an order based upon their ability that any one or more of the…
- § 1964 An order of the court authorizing a conservator to consent to sterilization which is upheld on appeal automatically expires in one year from the final…
- § 1965 Any court order made pursuant to this chapter granting authority to consent to sterilization shall be stayed pending a final determination on appeal.
- § 1966 After the filing of a first petition for sterilization pursuant to this chapter and a determination by the court that any one or more of the conditions…
- § 1967 (a) The sterilization of a person in accordance with this chapter does not render the petitioner or any person participating in the conservatorship proceedings…
- § 1968 This chapter does not prohibit medical treatment or surgery required for other medical reasons and in which sterilization is an unavoidable or medically…
- § 1969 Nothing in this chapter shall infringe on the right of persons with developmental disabilities who are capable of giving consent to sterilization to give that…