Earlier editions: 2020-112018-11
DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 5000-5987›PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT 5000-5550›CHAPTER 6.2. Mental Health Advocacy 5500-5550›ARTICLE 5. Access to Records 5540-5546
§ 5545
California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit access to recipients of mental health services in any mental health facility, program, or service or to information or records of recipients of mental health services for the purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 5520 or when otherwise authorized by law to county patients’ rights advocates or other individuals who are not county patients’ rights advocates.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 841, Sec. 7.)
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