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DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 5000-5952›PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT 5000-5556›CHAPTER 6.2. Mental Health Advocacy 5500-5556›ARTICLE 5. Access to Records 5540-5546

§ 5543

California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(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.

(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 841, Sec. 7.)

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