California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 6006

Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1374.

A person admitted as a voluntary patient to a state hospital, a private mental institution, or a county psychiatric hospital shall have the following rights in addition to the right to leave such hospital as specified in this chapter:

(a)He shall receive such care and treatment as his condition requires for the full period that he is a patient;
(b)He shall have the full patient rights specified in Article 7 (commencing with Section 5325) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 5 of this code.

Cite this section

Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 6006 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/wic/division-6-admissions-and-judicial-commitments/part-1-admissions/chapter-1-voluntary-admissions-to-mental-hospitals-and-institutions/section-6006

Other sections in Chapter 1 - Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions

§ 6000§ 6000.5§ 6001§ 6002§ 6002.10§ 6002.15§ 6002.20§ 6002.25§ 6002.30§ 6002.35§ 6002.40§ 6003§ 6003.1§ 6003.2§ 6004§ 6005§ 6006§ 6007§ 6008

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