Welfare and Institutions Code section 5266

Whenever a county designates two or more facilities to provide intensive treatment and the person to be treated, his family, conservator or guardian expresses a preference for one such facility, the professional person certifying the person to be treated shall attempt, if administratively possible, to comply with the preference.

Source: Section 5266, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=5266. (updated Jan. 1, 1968; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/welfare_and_institutions_code_section_5266

Original Source: Section 5266, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=5266. (last accessed May 12, 2025).