{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"6006","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6006","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 6. ADMISSIONS AND JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS [6000. - 6825.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-6"},{"name":"PART 1. ADMISSIONS [6000. - 6008.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-6/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions [6000. - 6008.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-6/part-1/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1374.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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:</p><p>(a) He shall receive such care and treatment as his condition requires for the full period that he is a patient;</p><p>(b) He shall have the full patient rights specified in Article 7 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/wic/5325\">5325</a>) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 5 of this code.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/voluntary-admissions-to-mental-hospitals-and-institutions-6006","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}