California Welfare and Institutions Code
§ 6006
WIC § 6006Div. 6 · Part 1 · Ch. 1
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.govA 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.
Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1374.