Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6006 · Chapter 1. Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6006
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A 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.
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History
Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1374.
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