Probate Code section 1968

This chapter does not prohibit medical treatment or surgery required for other medical reasons and in which sterilization is an unavoidable or medically probable consequence, but is not the object of the treatment or surgery.

Source: Section 1968, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=1968. (updated Jan. 1, 1990; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_1968

Original Source: Section 1968, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=1968. (last accessed May 12, 2025).