CALIFORNIA WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

(California Law consists of 29 codes)

5325. Each person involuntarily detained for evaluation or
treatment under provisions of this part, each person admitted as a
voluntary patient for psychiatric evaluation or treatment to any
health facility, as defined in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety
Code, in which psychiatric evaluation or treatment is offered, and
each mentally retarded person committed to a state hospital pursuant
to Article 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of
Division 6 shall have the following rights, a list of which shall be
prominently posted in the predominant languages of the community and
explained in a language or modality accessible to the patient in all
facilities providing such services and otherwise brought to his or
her attention by such additional means as the Director of Mental
Health may designate by regulation:

(a) To wear his or her own clothes; to keep and use his or her own
personal possessions including his or her toilet articles; and to
keep and be allowed to spend a reasonable sum of his or her own money or canteen expenses and small purchases.

(b) To have access to individual storage space for his or her
private use.

(c) To see visitors each day.