Most people are familiar with the powers to place a conservatee in a closed locked treatment facility and order the conservatee take psychiatric medication. However, an LPS conservator of the person has the power of placement of the conservatee as well as the same general powers granted a Probate conservator.
To be county specific our letters of LPS conservatorship state that the conservator has the right to consent to routine medical treatment related and unrelated to remedying the conservatee's grave disability. The investigating officer submits its recommendations as to what powers should be granted to the conservator and the court issues orders and letters once it receives all the evidence from both parties. Welf & I C § 5357, 5360. continued......
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