Cal. Welf. and Inst. Code § 4094.6

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session.
Section 4094.6 - Patient rights available to child admitted to community treatment facility

The patients' rights provisions contained in Sections 5325, 5325.1, 5325.2, and 5326 shall be available to any child admitted to, or eligible for admission to, a community treatment facility. Every child placed in a community treatment facility shall have a right to a hearing by writ of habeas corpus, within two judicial days of the filing of a petition for the writ of habeas corpus with the superior court of the county in which the facility is located, for his or her release. Regulations adopted pursuant to Section 4094 shall specify the procedures by which this right shall be ensured. These regulations shall generally be consistent with the procedures contained in Section 5275 et seq., concerning habeas corpus for individuals, including children, subject to various involuntary holds.

Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code § 4094.6

Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1245, Sec. 6. Effective October 11, 1993.