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Health and Safety Code - HSC

DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS [24000 - 26275]

  ( Division 20 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. )
  

CHAPTER 3.5. Excited Delirium [24400 - 24403]
  ( Chapter 3.5 added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 431, Sec. 2. )

  
24402.  

A peace officer shall not use the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report completed by a peace officer. A peace officer may describe the characteristics of an individual’s conduct, but shall not generally describe the individual’s demeanor, conduct, or physical and mental condition at issue as excited delirium.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 431, Sec. 2. (AB 360) Effective January 1, 2024.)