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Welfare and Institutions Code § 6000.5

CHAPTER 1. Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions

Current as of September 28, 2026Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6000.5Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.

Pursuant to Section 6000, the medical director of a state hospital for the developmentally disabled may receive in such hospital, as a boarder and patient, any developmentally disabled person as defined in Section 4512 who has been referred in accordance with Sections 4652, 4653, and 4803.