California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC |
Division 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS |
Chapter 2. State Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered |
ARTICLE 7. Leave of Absence, Discharge, and Restoration to Capacity of Persons Other Than the Mentally Disordered Criminals |
Section 7357.
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The superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his or her written certificate with the Director of State Hospitals, may discharge any patient who, in his or her judgment, has recovered or was not, at time of admission, mentally disordered.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 196. Effective June 27, 2012.)