California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 4503

WIC § 4503 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 4.5 · Ch. 1.3

Statute text

Each person with developmental disabilities who has been admitted or committed to a state hospital, community care facility as defined in Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code, or a health facility as defined in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code shall have the following rights, a list of which shall be prominently posted in English, Spanish, and other appropriate languages, in all facilities providing those services and otherwise brought to his or her attention by any additional means as the Director of Developmental Services may designate by regulation:

(a)To wear his or her own clothes, to keep and use his or her own personal possessions including his or her toilet articles, and to keep and be allowed to spend a reasonable sum of his or her own money for canteen expenses and small purchases.

(b)To have access to individual storage space for his or her private use.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 324. Effective January 1, 2004.