Senate Bill 1851   Section 109277      
BILL NUMBER: SB 1851     CHAPTERED  9/26/2006
                BILL TEXT
                CHAPTER   485
                FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 26, 2006
                APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 26, 2006
                PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 17, 2006

                PASSED THE SENATE     MAY 25, 2006

                AMENDED IN SENATE     MAY 1, 2006
        
AUTHORED BY Committee on Health (Senators Ortiz (Chair),
Aanestad, Alquist, Chesbro, Cox, Figueroa, Kuehl, Maldonado, and
Runner)
        
                         MARCH 27, 2006

        
An act to amend Sections 109275, 109277, and 109280 of the Health
and Safety Code, relating to public health.

        
        
           LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
        
        
SB 1851, Committee on Health  Cancer: informed consent.
       
        109277.  (a) Every person or entity who owns or operates a health
        facility or a clinic, or who is licensed as a physician and surgeon
        and rents or owns the premises where his or her practice is located,
        shall cause a sign or notice to be posted where a physician and
        surgeon performs breast cancer screening or biopsy as an outpatient
        service, or in a reasonably proximate area to where breast cancer
        screening or biopsy is performed. A sign or notice posted at the
        patient registration area of the health facility, clinic, or
        physician and surgeon's office shall constitute compliance with this
        section.
        (b) The sign or notice shall read as follows:
                                  "BE INFORMED"
        
        "Upon a diagnosis of breast cancer, your physician and surgeon is
        required to provide you a written summary of alternative efficacious
        methods of treatment, pursuant to Section 109275 of the California
        Health and Safety Code. Your physician and surgeon may choose to
        provide the summary prior to the performance of a screening or biopsy
        for breast cancer at your request or at the physician and surgeon's
        discretion, when appropriate."
        "The information about methods of treatment was developed by the
        State Department of Public Health to inform patients of the
        advantages, disadvantages, risks, and descriptions of procedures."
        (c) The sign shall be not less than eight and one-half inches by
        11 inches and shall be conspicuously displayed so as to be readable.
        The words "BE INFORMED" shall not be less than one-half inch in
        height and shall be centered on a single line with no other text. The 
        message on the sign shall appear in English, Spanish, and Chinese.