Section 836.1 - Voluntary and Involuntary Patients: Definitions(a) "Involuntary patients," for purposes of this Article, include: (1) Persons involuntarily detained for 72-hour evaluation and treatment under Section 5150 of the Welfare and Institutions Code;(2) Persons certified for intensive treatment under Section 5250 of the Welfare and Institutions Code;(3) Persons certified for additional intensive treatment as suicidal under Section 5260 of the Welfare and Institutions Code;(4) Persons postcertified as a demonstrated danger of substantial physical harm to others under Section 5300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code;(5) Persons under temporary or permanent conservatorship or guardianship;(6) Persons who have been judicially committed, as defined under Section 5008.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. In the event that this Article conflicts with regulations dealing with the developmentally disabled promulgated under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the latter statute and regulations shall control.(b) "Voluntary patients," for the purposes of this Article, include all other patients not included in subdivision (a) above.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 836.1
Note: Authority cited: Sections 5326.95 and 5400, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 5326.7, 5326.15 and 5326.75, Welfare and Institutions Code.