California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 6 - ADMISSIONS AND JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS

PART 1 - ADMISSIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions

Section 6000. - 6000. (a) Pursuant to applicable rules and regulations established by...

Section 6000.5. - 6000.5. Pursuant to Section 6000, the medical director of a...

Section 6001. - 6001. Admissions to the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute or to...

Section 6002. - 6002. (a) The person in charge of a private institution,...

Section 6002.10. - 6002.10. A facility licensed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section...

Section 6002.15. - 6002.15. (a) Prior to accepting the written authorization for treatment,...

Section 6002.20. - 6002.20. (a) If the minor requests an independent clinical review...

Section 6002.25. - 6002.25. The independent clinical review shall be conducted by a...

Section 6002.30. - 6002.30. (a) All reasonably available clinical information which is relevant...

Section 6002.35. - 6002.35. (a) It shall be the responsibility of the psychiatrist...

Section 6002.40. - 6002.40. (a) For any insurance contracts entered into after January...

Section 6003. - 6003. As used in this article, “county psychiatric hospital” means...

Section 6003.1. - 6003.1. As used in this article, county psychiatric health facility...

Section 6003.2. - 6003.2. Wherever in this article the term “county psychiatric hospital”...

Section 6004. - 6004. The superintendent or person in charge of the county...

Section 6005. - 6005. A voluntary adult patient may leave the hospital or...

Section 6006. - 6006. A person admitted as a voluntary patient to a...

Section 6007. - 6007. (a) Any person detained pursuant to this section shall...

Section 6008. - 6008. For the purposes of this part, a person who...

PART 2 - JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS

CHAPTER 1 - Definitions, Construction and Standard Forms

Section 6250. - 6250. (a) As used in this part, “a person subject...

Section 6251. - 6251. Wherever, on the basis of a petition, provision is...

Section 6252. - 6252. Wherever provision is made in this code for a...

Section 6253. - 6253. Wherever provision is made in this code for court-appointed...

Section 6254. - 6254. Wherever provision is made in this code for an...

CHAPTER 2 - Commitment Classification

ARTICLE 1 - Mentally Disordered Sex Offenders (Repealed)

Section 6331. - 6331. This article shall become inoperative the day after the...

Section 6332. - 6332. For a person committed as a mentally disordered sex...

ARTICLE 2 - Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Section 6500. - 6500. (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 6501. - 6501. If a person is charged with a violent felony,...

Section 6502. - 6502. A petition for the commitment of a person with...

Section 6503. - 6503. The court shall fix a time and place for...

Section 6504. - 6504. In all cases the court shall require due notice...

Section 6504.5. - 6504.5. (a) Wherever a petition is filed pursuant to this...

Section 6505. - 6505. Whenever the court considers it necessary or advisable, it...

Section 6506. - 6506. Pending the hearing, the court may order that the...

Section 6507. - 6507. The court shall inquire into the condition or status...

Section 6508. - 6508. Each psychologist and physician shall receive for each attendance...

Section 6509. - 6509. (a) If the court finds that the person has...

Section 6510. - 6510. In case of the dismissal of the petition, the...

Section 6510.5. - 6510.5. Under no circumstances shall the court order placement of...

Section 6511. - 6511. Any person who knowingly contrives to have any person...

Section 6512. - 6512. If, when a boy or girl is brought before...

Section 6513. - 6513. (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall pay...

ARTICLE 3 - Juvenile Court Wards

Section 6550. - 6550. If the juvenile court, after finding that the minor...

Section 6551. - 6551. (a) If the court is in doubt as to...

Section 6552. - 6552. A minor who has been declared to be within...

ARTICLE 4 - Sexually Violent Predators

Section 6600. - 6600. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 6600.05. - 6600.05. (a) Coalinga State Hospital shall be used whenever a...

Section 6600.1. - 6600.1. If the victim of an underlying offense that is...

Section 6601. - 6601. (a) (1) When the Secretary of the Department of...

Section 6601.3. - 6601.3. (a) Upon a showing of good cause, the Board...

Section 6601.5. - 6601.5. Upon filing of the petition and a request for...

Section 6602. - 6602. (a) A judge of the superior court shall review...

Section 6602.5. - 6602.5. (a) No person may be placed in a state...

Section 6603. - 6603. (a) A person subject to this article is entitled...

Section 6603.3. - 6603.3. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no...

Section 6603.5. - 6603.5. No employee or agent of the Department of Corrections...

Section 6603.7. - 6603.7. (a) Except as provided in Section 6603.3, the court,...

Section 6604. - 6604. The court or jury shall determine whether, beyond a...

Section 6604.1. - 6604.1. (a) The indeterminate term of commitment provided for in...

Section 6604.9. - 6604.9. (a) A person found to be a sexually violent...

Section 6605. - 6605. (a) (1) The court, upon receiving a petition for...

Section 6606. - 6606. (a) A person who is committed under this article...

Section 6607. - 6607. (a) If the Director of State Hospitals determines that...

Section 6608. - 6608. (a) A person who has been committed as a...

Section 6608.1. - 6608.1. A person who is released on outpatient status or...

Section 6608.5. - 6608.5. (a) After a judicial determination that a person would...

Section 6608.6. - 6608.6. (a) A court may make a finding of extraordinary...

Section 6608.7. - 6608.7. The State Department of State Hospitals may enter into...

Section 6608.8. - 6608.8. (a) For any person who is proposed for community...

Section 6609. - 6609. Within 10 days of a request made by the...

Section 6609.1. - 6609.1. (a) (1) When the State Department of State Hospitals...

Section 6609.2. - 6609.2. (a) When any sheriff or chief of police is...

Section 6609.3. - 6609.3. (a) At the time a notice is sent pursuant...

CHAPTER 3 - Expense of Detention or Proceedings Concerning Commitments

ARTICLE 4 - Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Section 6715. - 6715. The court shall inquire into the financial condition of...

Section 6716. - 6716. In any case in which the probation officer is...

Section 6717. - 6717. The cost necessarily incurred in determining whether a person...

CHAPTER 4 - Execution of Commitment Orders

ARTICLE 4 - Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Section 6740. - 6740. The court shall attach to the order of commitment...

Section 6741. - 6741. The sheriff or probation officer, whichever is designated by...

ARTICLE 5 - Medical Examiners

Section 6750. - 6750. The superior court judge of each county may grant...

Section 6751. - 6751. The department shall keep in its office a record...

CHAPTER 6 - Counselors in Mental Health

Section 6775. - 6775. The office of counselor in mental health may be...

Section 6776. - 6776. In each county where the office of counselor in...

Section 6777. - 6777. The term of office of the counselors in mental...

Section 6778. - 6778. The counselor in mental health may perform such services...

Section 6779. - 6779. Wherever in this code or in any other statute...

CHAPTER 7 - Duties of Peace Officers

Section 6800. - 6800. All peace officers and other persons having similar duties...

CHAPTER 8 - Mentally Disordered Persons Charged With Crime

Section 6825. - 6825. The procedures for handling persons with mental health disorders...