{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-2672","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 2672","heading":"","body":"(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 consent to the proposed organic therapy to the attending physician.\n(b) A person confined shall not be deemed incapable of informed consent solely by virtue of being diagnosed with a mental health disorder.\n(c) A person confined shall be deemed incapable of informed consent if the person cannot understand, or knowingly and intelligently act upon, the information specified in Section 2673.\n(d) A person confined shall be deemed incapable of informed consent if, for any reason, he or she cannot manifest his or her consent to the attending physician.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000. - 10008.]","TITLE 1. IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS [2000. - 3105.]","CHAPTER 4. Treatment of Prisoners [2650. - 2695.5.]","ARTICLE 2. Organic Therapy [2670. - 2680.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"8816ccbd6b523866073646afc2e458f6b671565c40f4ab6e0a6e5fddf9cd2375","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-2671","next":"us-ca/pen-2673"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}