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2022 California Code Civil Code – CIV DIVISION 1 – PERSONS PART 2 – PERSONAL RIGHTS Section 43.6.

Universal Citation: CA Civ Code § 43.6 (2022)

43.6. (a) No cause of action arises against a parent of a child based upon the claim that the child should not have been conceived or, if conceived, should not have been allowed to have been born alive.

(b) The failure or refusal of a parent to prevent the live birth of his or her child shall not be a defense in any action against a third party, nor shall the failure or refusal be considered in awarding damages in any such action.

(c) As used in this section “conceived” means the fertilization of a human ovum by a human sperm.

(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 331, Sec. 1.)

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2022 California Code Civil Code – CIV DIVISION 1 – PERSONS PART 2 – PERSONAL RIGHTS Section 43.8.

Universal Citation: CA Civ Code § 43.8 (2022)

43.8. (a) In addition to the privilege afforded by Section 47, there shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages shall arise against, any person on account of the communication of information in the possession of that person to any hospital, hospital medical staff, veterinary hospital staff, professional society, medical, dental, podiatric, psychology, marriage and family therapy, professional clinical counselor, midwifery, or veterinary school, professional licensing board or division, committee or panel of a licensing board, the Senior Assistant Attorney General of the Health Quality Enforcement Section appointed under Section 12529 of the Government Code, peer review committee, quality assurance committees established in compliance with Sections 4070 and 5624 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or underwriting committee described in Section 43.7 when the communication is intended to aid in the evaluation of the qualifications, fitness, character, or insurability of a practitioner of the healing or veterinary arts.

(b) The immunities afforded by this section and by Section 43.7 shall not affect the availability of any absolute privilege that may be afforded by Section 47.

(c) Nothing in this section is intended in any way to affect the California Supreme Court’s decision in Hassan v. Mercy American River Hospital (2003) 31 Cal.4th 709, holding that subdivision (a) provides a qualified privilege.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 106. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018.)

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