Section 5022 Of Chapter 1. The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
5022
. (a) Upon the entry of a prisoner into a facility operated by
the Department of Corrections, and at least every year thereafter,
the Director of Corrections shall obtain from the prisoner the name
and last known address and telephone number of any person or persons
who shall be notified in the event of the prisoner's death or serious
illness or serious injury, as determined by the physician in
attendance, and who are authorized to receive his or her body. The
persons shall be noted in the order of the prisoner's preference. The
Director of Corrections shall provide the prisoner with the
opportunity to modify or amend his or her notification list at any
time.
(b) The Director of Corrections shall use all reasonable means to
contact the person or persons set forth in the notification list upon
the death or serious illness or serious injury, as determined by the
physician in attendance, of the prisoner while confined in a
facility operated by the Department of Corrections.