California Penal Code

§ 6048

PEN § 6048 Effective Jan 1, 2024Title 7 · Part 3 · Ch. 5 · Art. 7

Statute text

Commencing July 1, 2024, the board shall develop and adopt regulations setting minimum standards for mental health care at local correctional facilities that meet or exceed the standards for health services in jails established by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, as follows:

(a)Safety checks of incarcerated persons shall be sufficiently detailed to determine the safety and well-being of the incarcerated person, and that they are not in distress. This determination shall not require facility staff to disturb or wake incarcerated persons during sleeping hours.

(b)Correctional officers shall be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and shall be required, when safe and appropriate to do so, to begin CPR on a nonresponsive person without obtaining approval from supervisors or medical staff.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 298, Sec. 3. (AB 268) Effective January 1, 2024.