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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5327

Legal and Civil Rights of Persons Involuntarily Detained

Known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act

The act spans §§ 5000 to 5550 (263 sections).

Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.

Every person involuntarily detained under provisions of this part or under certification for intensive treatment or postcertification treatment in any public or private mental institution or hospital, including a conservatee placed in any medical, psychiatric or nursing facility, shall be entitled to all rights set forth in this part and shall retain all rights not specifically denied him under this part.

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