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DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS 1200-1796.88›CHAPTER 4.2. Donations of Organs, Tissues,or Body Fluids 1644-1644.6

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California Health and Safety Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

(a) For purposes of this chapter, “donor,” “person,” “tissue,” “transplantation,” and “department” shall have the meaning as defined for those terms in Section 1635.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, “HIV” shall mean human immunodeficiency virus.

(c) “Identifying information” means the full name of the donor, the donor’s date of birth, and the permanent address or other contact information, or both, given at the time of donation, or, if different, the current address or other contact information, or both, of the donor retained by the gamete bank.

(d) “Medical information” means information regarding a present illness of the donor, past illness of the donor, and social, genetic, and family history of the donor.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 539, Sec. 2. (AB 785) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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