The issue before us is whether a hospital may permit clinical psychologists to take primary responsibility for the diagnosis and treatment of their hospitalized patients. Prior to 1978, regulations of the Department of Health Services (hereafter Department) declared that a psychiatrist must take charge of the diagnosis and treatment of all patients admitted to psychiatric wards or hospitals.
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CALIFORNIA ASSN. OF PSYCHOLOGY PROVIDERS v. RANK
Docket No. S002524.
51 Cal.3d 1 (1990)
793 P.2d 2
270 Cal. Rptr. 796
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOLOGY PROVIDERS et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. PETER RANK, as Director, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents; CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION et al., Movants and Appellants.
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June 25, 1990.
June 25, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Horvitz, Levy & Amerian, Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Grant Marylander and David S. Ettinger for Movants and Appellants.
Kirk B. Johnson, Sidley & Austin, Carter G. Phillips, Onek, Klein & Farr, Joel I. Klein, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Allen M. Katz, Davis, Cowell &
Licht & Bloom, Michelle H. Licht, Richard H. Bloom, Hogan & Hartsten, Clifford D. Stromberg and Barbara F. Mishkin for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Jennifer & Block, Donald N. Bersoff and John Keiser as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
No appearance for Defendants and Respondents.
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