Does section 210.5 of the California Civil Code of Civil Procedure apply to a person who has been denied access to a medical malpractice clinic?

We reject the Attorney General's position as based on a construction of section 210.5 which is not warranted by its unequivocal language. "It is a cardinal rule that statutes should be given a reasonable interpretation and in accordance with the apparent purpose and intention of the law makers. Such intention controls if it can be reasonably ascertained from the language used. [Citation.]" (People v. Ashley (1971) 17 Cal.App.3d 1122, 1127, 95 Cal.Rptr. 509, see also, People v. Cole (1982) 31 Cal.3d 568, 572, 183 Cal.Rptr. 350, 645 P.2d 1182.)