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PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT
Section 4400. - 4400. There is in the Health and Welfare Agency a...
Section 4401. - 4401. As used in this division: (a) “Department” means the...
Section 4404. - 4404. The department is under the control of an executive...
Section 4405. - 4405. With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall...
Section 4406. - 4406. The State Department of Developmental Services succeeds to and...
Section 4407. - 4407. The State Department of Developmental Services shall have possession...
Section 4408. - 4408. All officers and employees of the Director of Health...
Section 4409. - 4409. All regulations heretofore adopted by the State Department of...
Section 4410. - 4410. With the approval of the Department of General Services...
Section 4411. - 4411. The department may expend in accordance with law all...
Section 4412. - 4412. The department may expend money in accordance with law...
Section 4413. - 4413. The department may appoint and fix the compensation of...
Section 4414. - 4414. When convening any task force or advisory group, the...
Section 4415. - 4415. Except as in this chapter otherwise prescribed, the provisions...
Section 4415.5. - 4415.5. (a) The Chief of the Office of Protective Services,...
Section 4416. - 4416. Unless otherwise indicated in this code, the State Department...
Section 4416.5. - 4416.5. The State Department of Developmental Services may contract with...
Section 4417. - 4417. (a) The State Department of Developmental Services may: (1)...
Section 4418. - 4418. The State Department of Developmental Services may obtain psychiatric,...
Section 4418.2. - 4418.2. The department shall support, utilizing regional resource development projects,...
Section 4418.25. - 4418.25. (a) (1) The department shall establish policies and procedures...
Section 4418.3. - 4418.3. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...
Section 4418.5. - 4418.5. The department may provide protective social services for the...
Section 4418.6. - 4418.6. The department may establish within its family care program...
Section 4418.7. - 4418.7. (a) (1) If the regional center determines, or is...
Section 4419. - 4419. Within the limits of available funds it is the...
Section 4420. - 4420. In order to assure an adequate number of qualified...
Section 4421. - 4421. In order to assure an adequate number of qualified...
Section 4422. - 4422. The department may examine all public and private hospitals,...
Section 4423. - 4423. In every place in which a developmentally disabled person...
Section 4424. - 4424. The department shall adopt, for all hospitals, rules and...
Section 4425. - 4425. The department shall keep in its office a record...
Section 4426. - 4426. The department may inquire into the manner in which...
Section 4427. - 4427. When the department has reason to believe that any...
Section 4427.5. - 4427.5. (a) (1) A developmental center or State Department of...
Section 4427.7. - 4427.7. (a) Designated investigators of developmental centers shall request a...
Section 4428. - 4428. When complaint is made to the department regarding the...
Section 4429. - 4429. The department shall biennially report to the Legislature its...
Section 4430. - 4430. The department shall report to the Legislature the prospective...
Section 4431. - 4431. Charges made by the department for the care and...
Section 4432. - 4432. (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall report...
Section 4433. - 4433. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...
Section 4433.5. - 4433.5. Notwithstanding Section 4433, the department may contract with the...
Section 4434. - 4434. (a) Notwithstanding preexisting rights to enforce the Lanterman Developmental...
Section 4436. - 4436. (a) In order to provide the information necessary to...
Section 4436.5. - 4436.5. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...
Section 4437. - 4437. (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall, on...
PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government
Section 4440. - 4440. The department has jurisdiction over the following institutions: Fairview...
Section 4440.1. - 4440.1. The department may contract with the State Department of...
Section 4440.5. - 4440.5. A state hospital under the jurisdiction of the department...
Section 4441. - 4441. Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this code,...
Section 4441.5. - 4441.5. The State Department of Developmental Services shall develop policies...
Section 4442. - 4442. Each state hospital is a corporation. (Added by Stats....
Section 4443. - 4443. Each such corporation may acquire and hold in its...
Section 4444. - 4444. All lands necessary for the use of state hospitals...
Section 4445. - 4445. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4444, the Director of...
Section 4446. - 4446. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4444, the Director of General Services...
Section 4447. - 4447. Notwithstanding Section 4444, the Director of General Services with...
Section 4448. - 4448. The department shall participate with the City of Porterville...
Section 4449. - 4449. The State Department of Developmental Services has general control...
Section 4450. - 4450. The medical superintendent shall make triplicate estimates, in minute...
Section 4451. - 4451. The state hospitals may manufacture supplies, materials, and assisting...
Section 4452. - 4452. All money belonging to the state and received by...
Section 4453. - 4453. The state hospitals and the officers thereof shall make...
Section 4454. - 4454. The authorities for the several hospitals shall furnish to...
Section 4455. - 4455. The department may permit, subject to such conditions and...
Section 4456. - 4456. The department may establish and supervise under its rules...
Section 4457. - 4457. Whenever a trial is had of any person charged...
Section 4459. - 4459. The State Department of Developmental Services shall investigate and...
Section 4460. - 4460. In order to be entitled to hospitalization in this...
Section 4461. - 4461. (a) All expenses incurred in returning such persons to...
Section 4462. - 4462. The State Department of Developmental Services, when it deems...
Section 4463. - 4463. The Director of Developmental Services may authorize the transfer...
Section 4464. - 4464. The State Department of Developmental Services shall send to...
Section 4465. - 4465. The Director of Developmental Services may deposit any funds...
Section 4466. - 4466. Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to...
Section 4467. - 4467. Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to...
Section 4468. - 4468. Before any money or other personal property or documents...
Section 4469. - 4469. At the time of delivering any money or other...
Section 4470. - 4470. When any personal property has been destroyed as provided...
Section 4471. - 4471. All day hospitals and rehabilitation centers maintained by the...
Section 4472. - 4472. The state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State...
Section 4473. - 4473. Whenever a patient dies in a state hospital for...
Section 4474. - 4474. Each patient in a state hospital for the developmentally...
Section 4474.1. - 4474.1. (a) Whenever the State Department of Developmental Services proposes...
Section 4474.11. - 4474.11. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, on or before October...
Section 4474.12. - 4474.12. (a) The department shall seek to modify the contract...
Section 4474.15. - 4474.15. (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall include...
Section 4474.16. - 4474.16. (a) (1) On or before January 10, 2023, and...
Section 4474.17. - 4474.17. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...
Section 4474.2. - 4474.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may operate...
Section 4474.3. - 4474.3. The provisions of Section 10411 of the Public Contract...
Section 4474.4. - 4474.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...
Section 4474.5. - 4474.5. (a) In order to meet the unique medical health...
Section 4474.6. - 4474.6. (a) The State Department of Developmental Services and the...
Section 4474.8. - 4474.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...
CHAPTER 2 - Boards of Trustees and Other Advisory Boards
Section 4475. - 4475. (a) Each developmental center under the jurisdiction of the...
Section 4476. - 4476. No person shall be eligible for appointment to a...
Section 4477. - 4477. The advisory boards of the several state developmental centers...
Section 4478. - 4478. (a) The chairperson of an advisory board advising a...
CHAPTER 3 - Officers and Employees
Section 4480. - 4480. As used in this article, “officers” of a state...
Section 4481. - 4481. (a) The Director of Developmental Services shall appoint and...
Section 4482. - 4482. The Director of the State Department of Developmental Services...
Section 4483. - 4483. Salaries of resident and other officers and wages of...
Section 4484. - 4484. The primary purpose of a state hospital is the...
Section 4485. - 4485. Subject to the rules and regulations established by the...
Section 4486. - 4486. Subject to the rules and regulations established by the...
Section 4487. - 4487. The hospital director is the chief executive officer of...
Section 4488. - 4488. As often as a vacancy occurs in a hospital...
Section 4489. - 4489. The hospital director is responsible for the overall management...
Section 4491. - 4491. The hospital administrator shall be responsible for preserving the...
Section 4492. - 4492. The hospital director may establish rules and regulations not...
Section 4493. - 4493. The hospital administrator of each state hospital may designate,...
Section 4494. - 4494. The Director of Developmental Services may set aside and...
Section 4495. - 4495. Wherever the term “superintendent” appears, the term shall be...
Section 4496. - 4496. Subject to rules and regulations adopted by the department,...
Section 4497. - 4497. At each state hospital at which there is established...
Section 4498. - 4498. To assure a continuous level of competency for all...
Section 4499. - 4499. To assure an adequate supply of licensed psychiatric technicians...