California Penal Code

§ 2638

PEN § 2638 Effective Jan 1, 2006Title 1 · Part 3 · Ch. 3 · Art. 3

Statute text

Thoughtful, confidential standards of physical and mental health care shall be implemented to reduce the impact of sexual abuse on inmates and wards in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that include all of the following:

(a)Victims shall receive appropriate acute-trauma care for rape victims, including, but not limited to, treatment of injuries, HIV/AIDS prophylactic measures, and, later, testing for sexually transmittable diseases.

(b)Health practitioners who conduct or encounter an inmate or ward suffering from problems that might indicate sexual abuse, such as trauma, sexually transmissible diseases, pregnancy, or chronic pain symptoms, shall ask whether the patient has experienced sexual abuse.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 303, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.