CA Welf & Inst Code Section 6006


A person admitted as a voluntary patient to a state hospital, a private mental institution, or a county psychiatric hospital shall have the following rights in addition to the right to leave such hospital as specified in this chapter:

(a)

He shall receive such care and treatment as his condition requires for the full period that he is a patient;

(b)

He shall have the full patient rights specified in Article 7 (commencing with Section 5325) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 5 of this code.
Last Updated

Aug. 19, 2023

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