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HSC § 24174
Where this section sits in the code
- Health and Safety Code - HSC
- DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS [24000. - 28002.]
- CHAPTER 1.3. Human Experimentation [24170. - 24179.5.]
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.
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