Section 3502.5 Of Chapter 2. General Provisions And Prohibitions From California Penal Code >> Title 2.1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2.
3502.5
. (a) Notwithstanding Section 3502, any physician who
provides medical care to prisoners may provide a patient who is a
prisoner with a drug or treatment available only through a treatment
protocol or treatment IND (investigational new drug), as defined in
Section 312 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, if the
physician determines that access to that drug is in the best medical
interest of the patient, and the patient has given informed consent
under Section 3521.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither a public
entity nor a public employee shall be liable for any injury caused by
the administration of a drug pursuant to subdivision (a), where the
administration is made in accordance with a treatment IND or a
treatment protocol as defined in Section 312 of Title 21 of the Code
of Federal Regulations.