medication powers

The public conservatorship investigator writing the court report must contain recommendations concerning powers to be granted to the conservator, including the right to consent to psychotropic medications on behalf of the LPS conservatee and placement. In almost every single case the court investigator will recommend that the conservatee lose their right to consent to medications. Absent an order by the trial court the conservatee is not divested of the right to make their psychiatric medication choices. However, conservatees should be aware that medication powers are granted to the conservator and the public conservator will not file for LPS Conservatorship without asking for medication powers as they deem that there is no point in asking for LPS Conservatorship if they are unable to medicate.


At the hearing, if the court finds grave disability, it will order that the conservator has the power to require the conservatee to receive treatment related specifically to remedying the conservatee being gravely disabled. Welf & I C §5357(d) and Welf & I C §5358(b).