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California Penal Code Section 11165.4

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As used in this article, "unlawful corporal punishment or
injury" means a situation where any person willfully inflicts upon
any child any cruel or inhuman corporal punishment or injury
resulting in a traumatic condition.  It does not include an amount of
force that is reasonable and necessary for a person employed by or
engaged in a public school to quell a disturbance threatening
physical injury to person or damage to property, for purposes of
self-defense, or to obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous
objects within the control of the pupil, as authorized by Section
49001 of the Education Code.  It also does not include the exercise
of the degree of physical control authorized by Section 44807 of the
Education Code.  It also does not include an injury caused by
reasonable and necessary force used by a peace officer acting within
the course and scope of his or her employment as a peace officer.

Last modified: January 12, 2009