California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5543

CA Welf & Inst Code § 5543 (2017)  

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the authorization of the client, a county patients’ rights advocate may, to the extent necessary for effective advocacy, communicate to the client information contained in client records. The facility program, or agency, shall be allowed to remove from the records any information provided in confidence by members of a client’s family.

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

Last modified: October 25, 2018