California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 5 - Transfer of Patients

  • Section 7300.
    (a) It shall be the policy of the department to make available to all persons admitted to a state hospital prior to July 1, 1969, and...
  • Section 7301.
    Whenever, in the opinion of the Director of State Hospitals and with the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, any...
  • Section 7302.
    Patients admitted to a state hospital prior to July 1, 1969, and all patients judicially committed or remanded, may be transferred to a like institution...
  • Section 7303.
    Whenever a person, committed to the care of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services under one of the...
  • Section 7304.
    Whenever a person, committed to the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services under one of the commitment laws providing...
  • Section 7325.
    (a) When any patient committed by a court to a state hospital or other institution on or before June 30, 1969, or when any patient who...
  • Section 7325.5.
    Notwithstanding Section 5328, information regarding a person’s name, reason for commitment, age, physical description, and any other information which the medical director of the treatment...
  • Section 7326.
    Any person who willfully assists any judicially committed or remanded patient of a state hospital or other public or private mental health facility to escape,...
  • Section 7327.
    Every peace officer who is designated in and pursuant to Section 7325 delivers or assists in the delivery of a patient to a state hospital...
  • Section 7328.
    Whenever a person who is committed to an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of...
  • Section 7329.
    (a) When a patient, who is subject to judicial commitment, has escaped from a public mental hospital in a state of the United States other than...

Last modified: October 22, 2018