California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1968

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

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.

Cite this section

Cal. Prob. Code § 1968 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/prob/division-4-guardianship-conservatorship-and-other-protective-proceedings/part-3-conservatorship/chapter-6-sterilization/section-1968

Other sections in Chapter 6 - Sterilization

§ 1950§ 1951§ 1952§ 1953§ 1954§ 1954.5§ 1955§ 1956§ 1957§ 1958…§ 1960§ 1961§ 1962§ 1963§ 1964§ 1965§ 1966§ 1967§ 1968§ 1969

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