Cal. Code Regs. tit. 9 § 850

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 49, December 6, 2024

Section 850 - Refusal of Antipsychotic Medications

Every person admitted as a voluntary patient for psychiatric evaluation or treatment in any facility as listed in Section 860 of this subchapter has the right to refuse the administration of antipsychotic medications.

A voluntary patient for purposes of this article does not include:

(a) voluntary minor patients unless such minor is otherwise authorized by law to seek and consent to treatment for mental illness, nor

(b) conservatees (as defined by Section 5350 et seq. of the Welfare and Institutions Code, i.e., "L-P-S conservatees") whose conservators have been given the right to require their conservatees to receive treatment related specifically to remedying or preventing the recurrence of the conservatees' being gravely disabled.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 850

1. New Article 5.5 (Sections 850-857) filed 3-6-80; designated effective 6-1-80 (Register 80, No. 10).
2. Editorial correction of NOTE filed 10-26-82 (Register 82, No. 44).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 5325 and 5326.95, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 5325, 5325.1, 5358, 6000, 6002 and 6004, Welfare and Institutions Code.

1. New Article 5.5 (Sections 850-857) filed 3-6-80; designated effective 6-1-80 (Register 80, No. 10).
2. Editorial correction of Note filed 10-26-82 (Register 82, No. 44).