Welfare and Institutions 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.

Source: Section 6006, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=6006. (updated Jan. 1, 1968; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

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Last Updated

Jan. 1, 1968

§ 6006’s source at ca.gov

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/welfare_and_institutions_code_section_6006

Original Source: Section 6006, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=6006. (last accessed May 12, 2025).