California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 1.3 - Human Experimentation

  • Section 24170.
    This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Protection of Human Subjects in Medical Experimentation Act.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 360.)
  • Section 24171.
    The Legislature hereby finds and declares that medical experimentation on human subjects is vital for the benefit of mankind, however such experimentation shall be undertaken...
  • Section 24172.
    As used in the chapter, “experimental subject’s bill of rights,” means a list of the rights of a subject in a medical experiment, written in...
  • Section 24173.
    As used in this chapter, “informed consent” means the authorization given pursuant to Section 24175 to have a medical experiment performed after each of the...
  • Section 24174.
    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...
  • Section 24175.
    (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall be subjected to any medical experiment unless the informed consent of such person is...
  • Section 24176.
    (a)  Any person who is primarily responsible for conduct of a medical experiment and who negligently allows the experiment to be conducted without a subject’s...
  • Section 24177.
    This chapter shall not supersede, but shall be in addition to, Article 4 (commencing with Section 111515) of Chapter 6 of Part 5 of Division...
  • Section 24177.5.
    (a) This chapter does not apply to a medical experimental treatment that benefits a patient subject to a life-threatening emergency if all of the following conditions...
  • Section 24178.
    (a)  Except for this section and the requirements set forth in Sections 24172 and 24176, this chapter shall not apply to any person who is...
  • Section 24179.
    This chapter shall not apply to a pharmacist dispensing drugs upon a prescription.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 360.)
  • Section 24179.5.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this chapter does not apply to an adult in a terminal condition who executes a directive directing the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018