SECTIONS 7250-7254 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 7250-7254

7250. Any person who has been committed is entitled to a writ of
habeas corpus, upon a proper application made by the State Department
of Mental Health or the State Department of Developmental Services,
by that person, or by a relative or friend in his or her behalf to
the judge of the superior court of the county in which the hospital
is located, or if the person has been found incompetent to stand
trial and has been committed pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with
Section 1367) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, judicial
review shall be in the superior court for the county that determined
the question of the mental competence of the person. All documents
requested by the court in the county of confinement shall be
forwarded from the county of commitment to the court. Upon the return
of the writ, the truth of the allegations under which he or she was
committed shall be inquired into and determined. The medical history
of the person as it appears in the clinical records shall be given in
evidence, and the superintendent in charge of the state hospital
wherein the person is held in custody and any other person who has
knowledge of the facts shall be sworn and shall testify relative to
the mental condition of the person.

7251. Every superintendent, or person in charge of a state
hospital, shall, within three days after the reception of a patient,
make or cause to be made a thorough physical and mental examination
of the patient, and state the result thereof, on blanks prepared and
exclusively set apart for that purpose. During the time the patient
remains under his care he shall also make, or cause to be made, from
time to time, examination of the mental state, bodily condition, and
medical treatment of the patient at such intervals and in such
manner, and state its result, upon such blank forms, as are approved
by the department. In the event of the death or discharge of a
patient the superintendent, or person in charge of the state
hospital, shall state the circumstances thereof upon such forms as
are required by the department.

7252. Any patient in a state hospital, upon the consent of the
superintendent and medical director of such hospital, may voluntarily
donate blood to any nonprofit blood bank duly licensed by the State
Department of Health Services.

7253. Every patient in a state hospital under this chapter may be
permitted to keep for his own use articles of handiwork and other
finished products suitable primarily for personal use, as determined
by the superintendent, which have been fabricated by the patient.

7254. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State
Department of Mental Health shall have the authority to require that
patients committed to a state mental health facility pursuant to
Section 1026 of, and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1367) of
Title 10 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, and Sections 6316 and 6321 of
this code shall wear identifiable clothing in a secured area of the
facility.