California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 7 - MENTAL INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 1 - County Psychiatric Hospitals

Section 7100. - 7100. (a) The board of supervisors of each county may...

Section 7101. - 7101. As used in this chapter “county psychiatric hospital” means...

Section 7102. - 7102. The superintendent or person in charge of the county...

Section 7103. - 7103. The superintendent or person in charge of the county...

Section 7104. - 7104. Any adult person detained in such hospital, who is...

Section 7105. - 7105. A superintendent or person in charge of the county...

Section 7106. - 7106. In case a county psychiatric hospital patient or the...

Section 7107. - 7107. Any superintendent or person in charge of the county...

CHAPTER 2 - State Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment and General Government

Section 7200. - 7200. There are in the state the following state hospitals...

Section 7200.06. - 7200.06. (a) After construction of the perimeter security fence is...

Section 7200.5. - 7200.5. The children’s treatment center at Camarillo State Hospital shall...

Section 7201. - 7201. All of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the...

Section 7202. - 7202. The State Department of State Hospitals shall regularly consult...

Section 7203. - 7203. The Director of General Services may grant to the...

Section 7204. - 7204. (a) Grounds privileges or passes may be earned by...

Section 7205. - 7205. The Director of General Services with the consent of...

Section 7206. - 7206. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4444, the Director of...

Section 7207. - 7207. The Director of General Services, with the consent of...

ARTICLE 2 - Admission

Section 7225. - 7225. Except as otherwise provided, all patients admitted to a...

Section 7226. - 7226. The State Department of State Hospitals may admit to...

Section 7227. - 7227. Prisoners who have mental health disorders and who are...

Section 7228. - 7228. Prior to admission, the State Department of State Hospitals...

Section 7230. - 7230. Those patients determined to be high security risk patients,...

Section 7231. - 7231. (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall develop...

Section 7232. - 7232. (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall issue...

Section 7234. - 7234. (a) (1) A Patient Management Unit (PMU) shall be...

ARTICLE 3 - Patients Care

Section 7250. - 7250. Any person who has been committed is entitled to...

Section 7251. - 7251. Every executive director of a state hospital, shall, within...

Section 7252. - 7252. Any patient in a state hospital, upon the consent...

Section 7253. - 7253. Every patient in a state hospital under this chapter...

Section 7254. - 7254. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department...

ARTICLE 4 - Property and Support of Patients

Section 7275. - 7275. (a) A patient in a state hospital, their estate,...

Section 7276. - 7276. (a) The charge for the care and treatment of...

Section 7277. - 7277. The State Department of State Hospitals shall collect all...

Section 7277.1. - 7277.1. In the case of liability for care arising under...

Section 7278. - 7278. The State Department of State Hospitals shall, following the...

Section 7279. - 7279. If any person committed to a state mental hospital...

Section 7280. - 7280. The guardian or conservator of the estate of a...

Section 7281. - 7281. There is at each institution under the jurisdiction of...

Section 7281.1. - 7281.1. A patient of an institution under the jurisdiction of...

Section 7282. - 7282. The State Department of State Hospitals with respect to...

Section 7282.1. - 7282.1. If a person who is or has been a...

Section 7283. - 7283. All moneys collected by the State Department of State...

Section 7288. - 7288. Whenever it appears that a person who has been...

Section 7289. - 7289. When a person who is a client of a...

Section 7289.1. - 7289.1. (a) The amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000) as...

Section 7290. - 7290. The State Department of Developmental Services may enter into...

Section 7293. - 7293. The State Department of State Hospitals shall present to...

Section 7294. - 7294. (a) A person who has been committed as a...

Section 7295. - 7295. (a) To ensure its safety and security, a state...

ARTICLE 5 - Transfer of Patients

Section 7300. - 7300. (a) It shall be the policy of the department...

Section 7301. - 7301. Whenever, in the opinion of the Director of State...

Section 7302. - 7302. Patients admitted to a state hospital prior to July...

Section 7303. - 7303. Whenever a person, committed to the care of the...

Section 7304. - 7304. Whenever a person, committed to the State Department of...

Section 7325. - 7325. (a) When any patient committed by a court to...

Section 7325.5. - 7325.5. Notwithstanding Section 5328, information regarding a person’s name, reason...

Section 7326. - 7326. Any person who willfully assists any judicially committed or...

Section 7327. - 7327. Every peace officer who is designated in and pursuant...

Section 7328. - 7328. Whenever a person who is committed to an institution...

Section 7329. - 7329. (a) When a patient, who is subject to judicial...

ARTICLE 7 - Leave of Absence, Discharge, and Restoration to Capacity of Persons Other Than the Mentally Disordered Criminals

Section 7350. - 7350. The provisions of this article except for Section 7355...

Section 7351. - 7351. Wherever in any provision of this code heretofore or...

Section 7352. - 7352. (a) The medical director of a state hospital may...

Section 7352.5. - 7352.5. The medical director of a state hospital for the...

Section 7353. - 7353. The State Department of State Hospitals shall pay the...

Section 7354. - 7354. (a) A person with a mental health disorder may...

Section 7354.5. - 7354.5. Any developmentally disabled person may be granted care in...

Section 7355. - 7355. No patient shall be discharged or, granted a leave...

Section 7356. - 7356. The charges for the care and keeping of persons...

Section 7357. - 7357. The superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his...

Section 7359. - 7359. The superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his...

Section 7360. - 7360. The medical superintendent shall not refuse to discharge any...

Section 7361. - 7361. When the superintendent is unwilling to certify to the...

Section 7362. - 7362. (a) The medical superintendent of a state hospital, on...

ARTICLE 8 - Disposition of Mentally Disordered Criminals Upon Recovery

Section 7375. - 7375. Whenever a convict is received into a state hospital...

CHAPTER 3 - State Hospitals for the Developmentally Disabled

Section 7500. - 7500. There is established in the state, Porterville Developmental Center,...

Section 7501. - 7501. (a) The Department of General Services, in cooperation with...

Section 7501.5. - 7501.5. (a) The Department of General Services, in cooperation with...

Section 7502. - 7502. The state institution, the site for which was provided...

Section 7502.5. - 7502.5. (a) An individual may be admitted to the secure...

Section 7502.6. - 7502.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, commencing with...

Section 7503. - 7503. The object of each hospital is such care, treatment,...

Section 7504. - 7504. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter the provisions...

Section 7505. - 7505. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Department of...

Section 7506. - 7506. The primary purpose of each hospital for the developmentally...

Section 7507. - 7507. Subject to the provisions of Sections 6509 and 7505,...

Section 7509. - 7509. The State Department of State Hospitals and the State...

Section 7513. - 7513. Each developmentally disabled person and his or her estate...

Section 7513.1. - 7513.1. The charge for the care and treatment of all...

Section 7513.2. - 7513.2. The State Department of Developmental Services shall collect all...

Section 7514. - 7514. The State Department of Developmental Services may transfer any...

Section 7515. - 7515. The medical director may, with the approval of the...

Section 7516. - 7516. Nothing in this division contained interferes with or affects...

Section 7518. - 7518. In accordance with this section, the medical director of...

CHAPTER 4 - Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute

Section 7600. - 7600. The Department of General Services shall grant to the...

CHAPTER 5 - The Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center

Section 7700. - 7700. A neuropsychiatric hospital for which an appropriation for planning...