{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-7357","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 7357","heading":"","body":"The superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his or her written certificate with the Director of State Hospitals, may discharge a patient who, in his or her judgment, has recovered or did not, at time of admission, have a mental health disorder.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS [7100. - 7700.]","CHAPTER 2. State Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered [7200. - 7375.]","ARTICLE 7. Leave of Absence, Discharge, and Restoration to Capacity of Persons Other Than the Mentally Disordered Criminals [7350. - 7362.]"],"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":"1a5607a920b82f5c5fd92741eeac3f1bfd6e5c9756db8e79c27402b81f9d5311","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-7356","next":"us-ca/wic-7359"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}