CHAPTER 1. Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.
§§ 6000–6008 · 19 sections
- § 6000 (a) Pursuant to applicable rules and regulations established by the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, the…
- § 6000.5 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…
- § 6001 Admissions to the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute or to the Neuropsychiatric Institute, U.C.L.A. Medical Center, may be on a voluntary basis after…
- § 6002 (a) The person in charge of a private institution, hospital, or clinic that is conducted for, or includes a department or unit conducted for, the care and…
- § 6002.10 A facility licensed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment,…
- § 6002.15 (a) Prior to accepting the written authorization for treatment, the facility shall assure that a representative of the facility has given a full explanation of…
- § 6002.20 (a) If the minor requests an independent clinical review of his or her continued inpatient treatment, the patients’ rights advocate shall be notified of the…
- § 6002.25 The independent clinical review shall be conducted by a licensed psychiatrist with training and experience in treating psychiatric adolescent patients, who is…
- § 6002.30 (a) All reasonably available clinical information which is relevant to establishing whether the minor meets the admission criteria pursuant to subdivision (d)…
- § 6002.35 (a) It shall be the responsibility of the psychiatrist conducting the independent clinical review to keep a record of the proceeding. (b) After considering all…
- § 6002.40 (a) For any insurance contracts entered into after January 1, 1990, where any private insurer, certified medical plan, or private health service plan is liable…
- § 6003 As used in this article, “county psychiatric hospital” means the hospital, ward, or facility provided by the county pursuant to the provisions of Section 7100.
- § 6003.1 As used in this article, county psychiatric health facility means a 24-hour acute care facility provided by the county pursuant to the provisions in Sections…
- § 6003.2 Wherever in this article the term “county psychiatric hospital” appears, such term shall be interchangeable with the term “psychiatric health facility.”
- § 6004 The superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital may receive, care for, or treat in the hospital any person who voluntarily makes a…
- § 6005 A voluntary adult patient may leave the hospital or institution at any time by giving notice of his desire to leave to any member of the hospital staff and…
- § 6006 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…
- § 6007 (a) Any person detained pursuant to this section shall be evaluated by the facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health…
- § 6008 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…