Health and Safety Code section 440.40

The primary attending health care practitioner shall obtain prior written consent from each patient for whom a billing is requested, authorizing the release of the patient’s billing. A copy of this signed patient consent form shall be forwarded to the health care facility as part of the written request for itemized billings.

Source: Section 440.40, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=440.40. (updated Jan. 1, 1994; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_440.40

Original Source: Section 440.40, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=440.40. (last accessed May 12, 2025).