California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1210.5

Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 721, Sec. 4. Effective October 11, 2001.

In a case where a person has been ordered to undergo drug treatment as a condition of probation, any court ordered drug testing shall be used as a treatment tool. In evaluating a probationer’s treatment program, results of any drug testing shall be given no greater weight than any other aspects of the probationer’s individual treatment program.

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Cal. Pen. Code § 1210.5 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-2-of-criminal-procedure/title-8-of-judgment-and-execution/chapter-1-the-judgment/section-1210.5

Other sections in Chapter 1 - The Judgment

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