California § 3502.5 - Notwithstanding Section 3502, any physician who provides medical care to prisoner
Full text of California Public Contract Code - PCC § 3502.5 — Notwithstanding Section 3502, any physician who provides medical care to prisoner, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3502.5. Notwithstanding Section 3502, any physician who provides medical care to prisoner
(a) Notwithstanding Section 3502, any physician who provides medical care to prisoners may provide a patient who is a prisoner with a drug or treatment available only through a treatment protocol or treatment IND (investigational new drug), as defined in Section 312 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, if the physician determines that access to that drug is in the best medical interest of the patient, and the patient has given informed consent under Section 3521. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither a public entity nor a public employee shall be liable for any injury caused by the administration of a drug pursuant to subdivision (a), where the administration is made in accordance with a treatment IND or a treatment protocol as defined in Section 312 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Public Contract Code - PCC § 3502.5 cover?
Section 3502.5 ("Notwithstanding Section 3502, any physician who provides medical care to prisoner") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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