California Health and Safety Code

§ 24520

HSC § 24520 Effective Jan 1, 1995Div. 20 · Ch. 4.7 · Art. 2

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Shaken baby syndrome is a medically serious, sometimes fatal, matter affecting newborns and very young children. Shaking an infant or child in anger is particularly dangerous.

(b)Vigorous shaking of an infant or child can result in bleeding inside the head, causing irreversible brain damage, blindness, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, spinal cord injury, seizures, learning disabilities, and even death.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1176, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.