Statute · California Health and Safety Code
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 24174 — Human Experimentation
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 24174
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Health and Safety Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1996-09-29
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
As used in this chapter, “medical experiment” means:
Citator
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 24174 — Human Experimentation is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
As used in this chapter, “medical experiment” means:
(a) The severance or penetration or damaging of tissues of a human subject or the use of a drug or device, as defined in Section 109920 or 109925, electromagnetic radiation, heat or cold, or a biological substance or organism, in or upon a human subject in the practice or research of medicine in a manner not reasonably related to maintaining or improving the health of the subject or otherwise directly benefiting the subject.
(b) The investigational use of a drug or device as provided in Sections 111590 and 111595.
(c) Withholding medical treatment from a human subject for any purpose other than maintenance or improvement of the health of the subject.