What is the test for providing medical care to a prisoner?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Addison v. Cnty. of San Diego, D069540 (Cal. App. 2016):
provide medical care to a prisoner and has reason to know that need for medical care is immediate. (Watson v. State of California (1993) 21 Cal.App.4th 836, 842.)
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