California Penal Code
§ 4031
PEN § 4031 Effective Jan 1, 2017Title 4 · Part 3 · Ch. 1
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)This section applies to all minors detained in a juvenile detention center on the grounds that he or she is a person described in Section 300, 601, or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and all minors adjudged a ward of the court and held in a juvenile detention center on the grounds he or she is a person described in Section 300, 601, or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(b)Persons conducting a strip search or a visual body cavity search shall not touch the breasts, buttocks, or genitalia of the person being searched.
(c)A physical body cavity search shall be conducted under sanitary conditions, and only by a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, or emergency medical technician Level II licensed to practice in this state. A physician engaged in providing health care to detainees, wards, and inmates of the facility may conduct physical body cavity searches.
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 240. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.