Health and Safety Code section 11677

(a)

An oral or written communication or a document shared within or produced by an overdose fatality review team related to an overdose fatality review is confidential and not subject to disclosure or discovery by a third party.

(b)

An oral or written communication or a document provided by a third party to an overdose fatality review team, or between a third party and an overdose fatality review team, is confidential and not subject to disclosure or discovery by a third party.

(c)

Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), recommendations of an overdose fatality review team, upon the completion of a review, may be disclosed at the discretion of a majority of the members of the overdose fatality review team.

Source: Section 11677, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=11677. (accessed May 14, 2025).

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May 12, 2025

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Original Source: Section 11677, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=11677. (last accessed May 12, 2025).