California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 7362

WIC § 7362 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 7 · Ch. 2 · Art. 7

Statute text

(a)The medical superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his or her written certificate with the Director of State Hospitals, may on his or her own motion, and shall on the order of the State Department of State Hospitals, discharge a patient who comes within any of the following descriptions:

(1)Who is not a proper case for treatment therein.

(2)Who has a developmental disability or a chronic harmless mental health disorder.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 131. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.