California Code, Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 4114

The executive director or other person in charge of a hospital shall, within 10 days after the admission of any person to the hospital, cause an abstract of the medical certificate and order on which the person was received and a list of all property, books, and papers of value found in the possession of or belonging to the person to be forwarded to the office of the department, and when a patient is discharged, transferred, or dies, the superintendent or person in charge shall within three days thereafter, send the information to the office of the department, in accordance with the form prescribed by it.