California Welfare and Institutions Code 4022 – When complaint is made to the department regarding the officers or …
When complaint is made to the department regarding the officers or management of a hospital or institution for persons with mental health disorders, or regarding the management of a person detained therein or regarding a person held in custody as having a mental health disorder, the department may, before making an examination regarding the complaint, require it to be made in writing and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths. On receipt of such a complaint, sworn to if so required, the department shall direct that a copy of the complaint be served on the authorities of the hospital or institution or the person against whom complaint is made, together with notice of the time and place of the investigation, as the department directs.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 62. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 4022
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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
- institution: include every hospital, boarding home, or other place receiving or caring for persons with mental health disorders. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4011