{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"7512.5","citation":"Pen. Code, § 7512.5","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 8. MEDICAL TESTING OF PRISONERS [7500. - 7554.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3/title-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Procedures for Requiring HIV Testing [7510. - 7519.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3/title-8/chapter-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 800, Sec. 7.   Effective January 1, 2007.","effective":"2007-01-01","html":"<p>In the absence of the filing of a report pursuant to Section <a href=\"/pen/7510\">7510</a> or a request pursuant to Section <a href=\"/pen/7512\">7512</a>, the chief medical officer may order a test of an inmate if he or she concludes there are clinical symptoms of HIV infection, AIDS, or hepatitis B or C, as recognized by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the State Department of Health Services.</p><p>A copy of the decision shall be provided to the inmate, and where the inmate is a minor, to the parents or guardian of the minor, unless the parent or guardian of the minor cannot be located. Any decision made pursuant to this section shall not be appealable to a three-member panel provided for under Section <a href=\"/pen/7515\">7515</a>.</p>","text":"In the absence of the filing of a report pursuant to Section 7510 or a request pursuant to Section 7512, the chief medical officer may order a test of an inmate if he or she concludes there are clinical symptoms of HIV infection, AIDS, or hepatitis B or C, as recognized by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the State Department of Health Services. A copy of the decision shall be provided to the inmate, and where the inmate is a minor, to the parents or guardian of the minor, unless the parent or guardian of the minor cannot be located. Any decision made pursuant to this section shall not be appealable to a three-member panel provided for under Section 7515.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/procedures-for-requiring-hiv-testing-7512-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}