{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-7516.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 7516.5","heading":"","body":"Any decision by a panel pursuant to Section 7515 or 7516 may be appealed to the superior court, either by a law enforcement employee filing a report pursuant to Section 7510, a person requesting an HIV test pursuant to Section 7512, a medical officer convening a panel pursuant to Section 7516, or any person required to be tested pursuant to a panel’s decision. A person required to be tested pursuant to Section 7512.5 may also appeal the decision to the superior court.\nThe court shall schedule a hearing as expeditiously as possible to review the decision of the panel or a decision made pursuant to Section 7512.5. The court shall uphold the decision being appealed if that decision is based upon substantial evidence.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000. - 10008.]","TITLE 8. MEDICAL TESTING OF PRISONERS [7500. - 7554.]","CHAPTER 2. Procedures for Requiring HIV Testing [7510. - 7519.]"],"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":"007d433ba20a730eada0eaa18d5f37d2949e2510fc6f0f89290613a31c39ca88","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-7516","next":"us-ca/pen-7516.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}