California Health and Safety Code 24401 – (a) Excited delirium shall not be recognized as a valid medical …
(a) Excited delirium shall not be recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in this state.
(b) A state or local government entity, or employee or contractor of a state or local government entity, shall not document, testify to, or otherwise use in any official capacity or communication excited delirium as a recognized medical diagnosis or cause of death.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 24401
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
(c) A coroner, medical examiner, physician, or physician assistant shall not state on the certificate of death, or in any report, that the cause of death was excited delirium. The term excited delirium and terms inclusive of excited delirium defined in Section 24400 shall not be listed anywhere on the death certificate.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 431, Sec. 2. (AB 360) Effective January 1, 2024.)