California Penal Code

§ 3502

PEN § 3502 Effective Jan 1, 2017Title 2.1 · Part 3 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)Biomedical research shall not be conducted on any prisoner in this state.

(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), records-based biomedical research using existing information, without prospective interaction with human subjects, may be conducted consistent with this title. The use or disclosure of individually identifiable records pursuant to this subdivision shall only occur after both of the following requirements have been met:

(1)The research advisory committee established pursuant to Section 3369.5 of Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations approves of the use or disclosure.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 197, Sec. 2. (SB 1238) Effective January 1, 2017.