Section 4011.7 Of Chapter 1. County Jails From California Penal Code >> Title 4. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
4011.7
. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4011 and 4011.5,
when it appears that the prisoner in need of medical or surgical
treatment necessitating hospitalization or in need of medical or
hospital care was arrested for, charged with, or convicted of an
offense constituting a misdemeanor, the court in proceedings under
Section 4011 or the sheriff or jailer in action taken under Section
4011.5 may direct that the guard be removed from the prisoner while
he or she is in the hospital. If that direction is given, any
prisoner who knowingly escapes or attempts to escape from that
hospital shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor and
punishable by imprisonment for not to exceed one year in the county
jail if the escape or attempt to escape was not by force or violence.
However, if the escape is by force or violence the prisoner shall be
guilty of a felony and punishable by imprisonment pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in the county jail for not
exceeding one year; provided, that when that second term of
imprisonment is to be served in the county jail it shall commence
from the time that prisoner would otherwise be discharged from that
jail.