2012 California Codes
WIC - Welfare and Institutions Code
DIVISION 7 - MENTAL INSTITUTIONS [7100 - 7700]
CHAPTER 3 - State Hospitals for the Developmentally Disabled
Section 7500
There are established in the state the following state hospitals for the care and treatment of the developmentally disabled:
(a) Sonoma State Hospital, in Sonoma County.
(b) Lanterman State Hospital, in Los Angeles County.
(c) Porterville State Hospital, in Tulare County.
(d) Fairview State Hospital, in Orange County.
(e) Agnews State Hospital, in Santa Clara County.
(f) Stockton State Hospital, in San Joaquin County.
(g) Camarillo State Hospital, in Ventura County.
Wherever in this code or in any provision of statute heretofore or hereafter enacted the term “home for the feebleminded,” “home for the mentally deficient,” “state hospital for the mentally deficient,” or “state hospital for the mentally retarded” is used, it shall be construed to refer to and mean “state hospital for the developmentally disabled.”
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 224, Sec. 14. Effective June 30, 1986. Operative July 1, 1986, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 224.)
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