Inmate means a person living or being cared for in an institution. Excluded from this definition are persons residing at a facility for vocational training or educational purposes, and persons temporarily in an institution pending more suitable arrangements, such as children in a local agency facility pending foster care placement.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 50046
Note: Authority cited: Sections 10725 and 14124.5, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 11014, 11016 and 14053, Welfare and Institutions Code.