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WIC § 6006
Where this section sits in the code
- Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
- DIVISION 6. ADMISSIONS AND JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS [6000. - 6825.]
- PART 1. ADMISSIONS [6000. - 6008.]
- CHAPTER 1. Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions [6000. - 6008.]
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 addition to the right to leave such hospital as specified in this chapter:
(a) He shall receive such care and treatment as his condition requires for the full period that he is a patient;
(b) He shall have the full patient rights specified in Article 7 (commencing with Section 5325) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 5 of this code.
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