California Penal Code ARTICLE 2 - Organic Therapy

• Section 2670.
  It is hereby recognized and declared that all persons, including all persons involuntarily confined, have a fundamental right against enforced interference with their thought processes,...
• Section 2670.5.
  (a) No person confined or detained under Title 1 (commencing with Section 2000) and Title 2 (commencing with Section 3200) shall be administered or subjected to...
• Section 2671.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 2670.5, if a confined person has inflicted or attempted to inflict substantial physical harm upon the person of another or himself, or presents,...
• Section 2672.
  (a) For purposes of this article, “informed consent” means that a person must knowingly and intelligently, without duress or coercion, and clearly and explicitly manifest his...
• Section 2673.
  (a) For purposes of this article, “informed consent” requires that the attending physician directly communicate with the person and clearly and explicitly provide all the following...
• Section 2674.
  A written manifestation of informed consent shall be obtained in all cases by the attending physician and shall be preserved and available to the person,...
• Section 2675.
  (a) If the proposed organic therapy is not prohibited by subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 2670.5, then in order to administer the therapy the warden...
• Section 2676.
  (a) Any person, or his or her attorney, guardian, or conservator may file a petition with the superior court of the county in which he or...
• Section 2677.
  At the time of filing of a petition pursuant to Section 2676 by the person, or pursuant to Section 2675 by the warden, the court...
• Section 2678.
  The court shall conduct the proceedings within 10 judicial days from the filing of the petition described in Section 2675 or 2676, whichever is filed...
• Section 2679.
  (a) The court shall determine whether the state has proven, by clear and convincing evidence, that the confined person has the capacity for informed consent and...
• Section 2680.
  (a) If it is determined by the attending physician that a confined person should be administered organic therapy, the person shall be advised and informed of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018