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Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4016 · Chapter 1. General

Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4016

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

In every place in which a person with a mental health disorder may be involuntarily held, the persons confined therein shall be permitted access to, and examination or inspection of, copies of this code.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 60. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC&sectionNum=4016.
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