Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5010 · Chapter 1. General Provisions
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5010
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The agency established in this state to fulfill the requirements and assurances of Section 142 of the federal Developmental Disabilities Act of 1984 for a system to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities, as that term is defined by Section 102(7) of the federal act, shall have access to the records of a person with developmental disabilities who resides in a facility for persons with developmental disabilities when both of the following conditions apply:
(1) The agency has received a complaint from or on behalf of the person and the person consents to the disclosure of the records to the extent of his or her capabilities.
(2) The person does not have a parent, guardian or conservator, or the state or the designee of the state is the person’s guardian or conservator.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1121, Sec. 2.
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