California Statutes
§ 7362. — 7362. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 131.)
California·Code WIC Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC·Div. 7. DIVISION 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS·Ch. 2. CHAPTER 2. State Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered·Art. 7. ARTICLE 7. Leave of Absence, Discharge, and Restoration to Capacity of Persons Other Than the Mentally Disordered Criminals
(a)The medical superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his or her written certificate with the Director of State Hospitals, may on his or her own motion, and shall on the order of the State Department of State Hospitals, discharge a patient who comes within any of the following descriptions:
(1)Who is not a proper case for treatment therein.
(2)Who has a developmental disability or a chronic harmless mental health disorder.
(b)The person, when discharged, shall be returned to the county of his or her residence at the expense of the county, and delivered to the sheriff or other appropriate county official to be designated by the
board of supervisors, for delivery to the official or agency in that county charged with the responsibility for the person. Should the person be a p
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Legislative History
Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 131. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.