§ 4455 Religious Buildings In Hospitals

Welfare and Institutions Code·California

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•Religious groups can build a place for worship on state hospital land if the state says it's okay.
•The state owns the building once it's built.
•The building can only be used for patients and workers at the hospital.

Example

A church wants to build a small chapel on the grounds of a state hospital.

The state can let them build it, but the chapel will belong to the state and can only be used by hospital patients and staff for religious services.

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§ 4455 Religious Buildings In Hospitals

The department may permit, subject to such conditions and regulations as it may impose, any religious or missionary corporation or society to erect a building on the grounds of any state hospital for the holding of religious services. Each such building when erected shall become the property of the state and shall be used exclusively for the benefit of the patients and employees of the state hospital. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Welfare and Institutions Code. Section 4455.

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