{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-1968","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 1968","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 4. GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS [1400. - 3925.]","PART 3. CONSERVATORSHIP [1800. - 2033.]","CHAPTER 6. Sterilization [1950. - 1969.]"],"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":"776048f023d9ee0005b8faf2879279884b076727cc0f7873abd803d3d886059d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-1967","next":"us-ca/prob-1969"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}