California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5542

CA Welf & Inst Code § 5542 (2017)  

County patients’ rights advocates shall have the right to inspect or copy, or both, any records or other materials not subject to confidentiality under Section 5328 or other provisions of law in the possession of any mental health program, services, or facilities, or city, county or state agencies relating to an investigation on behalf of a client or which indicate compliance or lack of compliance with laws and regulations governing patients’ rights, including, but not limited to, reports on the use of restraints or seclusion, and autopsy reports.

(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 841, Sec. 7.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018