The Director of State Hospitals or the executive director of each state hospital may contract with independent persons or agencies to perform patients’ rights advocacy services in state hospitals.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5511
Patients’ Rights Program
Known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
The act spans §§ 5000 to 5550 (263 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 42 Cal. 2d 816 - Gross v. Superior Court (1954)
Most recently applied in 42 Cal. 2d 816 - Gross v. Superior Court (May 1954)
Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 98
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.