CA Health & Safety Code 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 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.
Last Updated

Aug. 19, 2023

§ 24174’s source at ca​.gov