Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 863 - Definitions
(a) The "Patients' Rights Specialist" means
the person in the Headquarters Office of the Department of Health delegated the
responsibility for ensuring that mentally and developmentally disabled persons
in facilities providing mental health services or residential care are afforded
their statutory and constitutional rights.
(b) The "Patients' Advocate" means the person
in a local mental health program delegated the responsibility for ensuring that
mentally disabled persons in facilities specified in Section
860 are afforded their statutory
and constitutional rights.
(c) The
"Residents' Advocate" means the person in a regional center program delegated
the responsibility for ensuring that developmentally disabled residents in
facilities specified in Section
860 are afforded their statutory
and constitutional rights.
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