Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 1925 - Discharge and Release Procedures
(a) When it is deemed clinically appropriate
a child shall be discharged from a CTF after completing normal discharge
procedures.
(b) When it is not
deemed clinically appropriate for a child to be discharged from a CTF a child
shall be released under the following circumstances:
(1) A child admitted to the facility pursuant
to Subsection (b)(1) of Section 1923 is deemed to be a voluntary patient and
may revoke the voluntary status by giving notice of his desire to leave the
facility to any member of the CTF staff. The child may make this notification
directly or through an attorney or advocate. When staff is notified of a
child's desire to revoke his voluntary consent to treatment, the court shall be
notified no later than within one working day by a CTF staff person pursuant to
Section
6552
of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and arrangements shall be made to return
the child to the court. If the child leaves the care and custody of a CTF
without permission prior to being discharged by a CTF, the juvenile court shall
be notified immediately;
(2) A
child admitted to a CTF pursuant to Subsection (b)(2) of Section 1923 is deemed
to be a voluntary patient and the child's conservator, appointed in accordance
with Section
5350
of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may revoke the voluntary status by giving
notice to the facility;
(3) A child
admitted to a CTF pursuant to Subsection (b)(3) or (b)(4) of Section 1923 and
the child's parents, or the parent entitled to sole custody of the minor may
remove the child from a CTF after completing normal CTF discharge
procedures.
(4) A special education
pupil over the age of eighteen who is continuing to receive treatment pursuant
to Section 1924(b) need only withdraw consent for treatment to be discharged if
he is not a ward of the court or under the care and custody of a
conservator.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Section 4094, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 4094 et seq., Welfare and Institutions Code, and Section 1502, Health and Safety Code.
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