ARTICLE 2. Patients’ Rights Program

Heading of Article 2 amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 105.

§§ 5510–5514 · 5 sections

• § 5510 (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) The State of California accepts its responsibility to ensure and uphold the right of persons with mental…
• § 5511 The Director of State Hospitals or the executive director of each state hospital may contract with independent persons or agencies to perform patients’ rights…
• § 5512 Training of county patients’ rights advocates shall be provided by the contractor specified in Section 5510 responsible for the provision of protection and…
• § 5513 The patients’ rights program shall serve as a liaison between county patients’ rights advocates and the State Department of Health Care Services.
• § 5514 There shall be a five-person Patients’ Rights Committee formed through the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. This committee, supplemented by two…