{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"6008","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6008","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. 1970, Ch. 516.","effective":null,"html":"<p>For the purposes of this part, a person who is a conservatee with a conservator of the person or of the person and estate appointed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/wic/5350\">5350</a>) of Part 1 of Division 5 with the right as specified by court order under Section <a href=\"/wic/5358\">5358</a> to place his conservatee in a hospital of the United States government, may be admitted to such a hospital upon written application made by his conservator. A conservatee so admitted to such a hospital may leave the hospital at any time after his conservator gives notice to a member of the hospital staff that the conservatee is leaving and normal hospitalization departure procedures are completed by the conservator or by the conservator and conservatee.</p>","text":"For the purposes of this part, a person who is a conservatee with a conservator of the person or of the person and estate appointed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350) of Part 1 of Division 5 with the right as specified by court order under Section 5358 to place his conservatee in a hospital of the United States government, may be admitted to such a hospital upon written application made by his conservator. A conservatee so admitted to such a hospital may leave the hospital at any time after his conservator gives notice to a member of the hospital staff that the conservatee is leaving and normal hospitalization departure procedures are completed by the conservator or by the conservator and conservatee.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/voluntary-admissions-to-mental-hospitals-and-institutions-6008","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}