{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"4351","citation":"Pen. Code, § 4351","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000. - 10008.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3"},{"name":"TITLE 4. COUNTY JAILS, FARMS AND CAMPS [4000. - 4351.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3/title-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Blood Donations [4350. - 4351.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3/title-4/chapter-3"}],"history":"Added by renumbering Section 4251 by Stats. 1967, Ch. 138.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any prisoner, to whom this chapter applies, may voluntarily donate blood to a blood bank duly licensed by the State Department of Public Health. Prior to blood donation the prisoner shall be given an examination with all clothes removed by a physician and surgeon of the blood bank to whom blood is to be donated, and donations shall be refused unless such physician shall find the prisoner to be a suitable person for blood donation. No more than one such donation shall be permitted during any 72-day period.</p>","text":"Any prisoner, to whom this chapter applies, may voluntarily donate blood to a blood bank duly licensed by the State Department of Public Health. Prior to blood donation the prisoner shall be given an examination with all clothes removed by a physician and surgeon of the blood bank to whom blood is to be donated, and donations shall be refused unless such physician shall find the prisoner to be a suitable person for blood donation. No more than one such donation shall be permitted during any 72-day period.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/blood-donations-4351","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}