ARTICLE 7. Leave of Absence, Discharge, and Restoration to Capacity of Persons Other Than the Mentally Disordered Criminals [7350. - 7362.]
Article 7 added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.
§§ 7350–7362 · 14 sections
- § 7350 The provisions of this article except for Section 7355 shall not apply to any patient held upon an order of a court or judge in a proceeding arising out of a…
- § 7351 Wherever in any provision of this code heretofore or hereafter enacted the term “parole” is used in relation to the release of a patient from a state hospital,…
- § 7352 (a) The medical director of a state hospital may grant a leave of absence to a judicially committed patient, except as provided in Section 7350, under general…
- § 7352.5 The medical director of a state hospital for the developmentally disabled may grant a leave of absence to any developmentally disabled patient or judicially…
- § 7353 The State Department of State Hospitals shall pay the premium for third-party health coverage for Medicare beneficiaries who are patients at state hospitals…
- § 7354 (a) A person with a mental health disorder may be granted care in a licensed institution or other suitable licensed or certified facility. The State Department…
- § 7354.5 Any developmentally disabled person may be granted care in a licensed institution or other suitably licensed or certified facility. The State Department of…
- § 7355 No patient shall be discharged or, granted a leave of absence, or placed on parole or outpatient care from a state hospital without suitable clothing adapted…
- § 7356 The charges for the care and keeping of persons on leave of absence from a state hospital where the State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department…
- § 7357 The superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his or her written certificate with the Director of State Hospitals, may discharge a patient who, in his or…
- § 7359 The superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his or her written certificate with the Director of State Hospitals, may discharge as improved, or may…
- § 7360 The medical superintendent shall not refuse to discharge any judicially committed patient as improved, on the ground that the guardian, friends, or relatives…
- § 7361 When the superintendent is unwilling to certify to the discharge of an unrecovered judicially committed patient, upon request, and so certifies in writing,…
- § 7362 (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…