Welfare and Institutions Code section 7253

Every patient in a state hospital under this chapter may be permitted to keep for his or her own use articles of handiwork and other finished products suitable primarily for personal use, as determined by the executive director, which have been fabricated by the patient.

Source: Section 7253, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=7253. (updated Jun. 27, 2012; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 7253, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=7253. (last accessed May 12, 2025).