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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 5 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1 - THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT
CHAPTER 2 - Involuntary Treatment
ARTICLE 4.7 - Additional Intensive Treatment
Section 5270.40.
Universal Citation: CA Welf & Inst Code § 5270.40 (2019)
5270.40.
Any individual who is knowingly and willfully responsible for detaining a person for more than 30 days in violation of the provisions of Section 5270.35 is liable to that person in civil damages.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1517, Sec. 10.)
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