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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5326.95

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. 2015, Ch. 455, Sec. 26

The Director of State Hospitals shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including standards defining excessive use of convulsive treatment, which shall be developed in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.