§ 7300 (a) It shall be the policy of the department to make available …
§ 7301 Whenever, in the opinion of the Director of State Hospitals and with …
§ 7302 Patients admitted to a state hospital prior to July 1, 1969, and all …
§ 7303 Whenever a person, committed to the care of the State Department of …
§ 7304 Whenever a person, committed to the State Department of State …
§ 7325 (a) When any patient committed by a court to a state hospital or …
§ 7325.5 Notwithstanding Section 5328, information regarding a person’s name, …
§ 7326 Any person who willfully assists any judicially committed or remanded …
§ 7327 Every peace officer who is designated in and pursuant to Section 7325 …
§ 7328 Whenever a person who is committed to an institution subject to the …
§ 7329 (a) When a patient, who is subject to judicial commitment, has …

Terms Used In California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 7 > Chapter 2 > Article 5 - Transfer of Patients

  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • custody: means the legal right to custody of the child unless that right is held jointly by two or more persons, in which case "custody" means the physical custody of the child by one of the persons sharing the right to custody. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 17.1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.