{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-56.16","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 56.16","heading":"","body":"For disclosures not addressed by Section 56.1007, unless there is a specific written request by the patient to the contrary, nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent a general acute care hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, upon an inquiry concerning a specific patient, from releasing at its discretion any of the following information: the patient’s name, address, age, and sex; a general description of the reason for treatment (whether an injury, a burn, poisoning, or some unrelated condition); the general nature of the injury, burn, poisoning, or other condition; the general condition of the patient; and any information that is not medical information as defined in Section 56.05.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 1. PERSONS [38. - 86.]","PART 2.6. CONFIDENTIALITY OF MEDICAL INFORMATION [56. - 56.37.]","CHAPTER 2. Disclosure of Medical Information by Providers [56.10. - 56.16.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"28fc33e68a0a7a4910a1a9124618de028e84f713803868a84da781956ef7f32b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-56.15","next":"us-ca/civ-56.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}