The professional person in charge of the facility or state hospital or his or her designee may, for good cause, deny a person any of the rights under Section 5325, except under subdivisions (g) and (h) and the rights under subdivision (f) may be denied only under the conditions specified in Section 5326.7. To ensure that these rights are denied only for good cause, the Director of Health Care Services and Director of State Hospitals shall adopt regulations specifying the conditions under which they may be denied. Denial of a person’s rights shall in all cases be entered into the person’s treatment record.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5326
Legal and Civil Rights of Persons Involuntarily Detained
Known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
The act spans §§ 5000 to 5550 (263 sections).
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 86
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.