{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-5543","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 5543","heading":"","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the authorization of the client, a county patients’ rights advocate may, to the extent necessary for effective advocacy, communicate to the client information contained in client records. The facility program, or agency, shall be allowed to remove from the records any information provided in confidence by members of a client’s family.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]","PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT [5000. - 5550.]","CHAPTER 6.2. Mental Health Advocacy [5500. - 5550.]","ARTICLE 5. Access to Records [5540. - 5546.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"439bcec2932ba632c6d46cc77cc89a1a5cb2ef096b462833dba1036012379c16","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-5542","next":"us-ca/wic-5544"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}