Cal. WIC § 7102
This is the official text of Cal. WIC § 7102, part of California’s Welfare and Institutions Code — governs public social services, juvenile justice, and mental health/developmental disability services.
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Official statutory text
The superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital, may receive, detain, supervise, care for or treat in the hospital any person who comes within any of the following descriptions:
(a) Who has been placed therein pursuant to a court order or court commitment under the provisions of this code or the Penal Code.
(b) Who has been placed therein pursuant to the provisions of Part 1 of Division 5 of this code.
(a) Who has been placed therein pursuant to a court order or court commitment under the provisions of this code or the Penal Code.
(b) Who has been placed therein pursuant to the provisions of Part 1 of Division 5 of this code.
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