Any individual who is knowingly and willfully responsible for detaining a person in violation of the provisions of this article is liable to that person in civil damages.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5259.1
Certification for Intensive Treatment
Known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
The act spans §§ 5000–5550 (263 sections).
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1598, Sec. 4.
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