Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions

Cal. WIC § 6007

California Statutes

(

a) Any person detained pursuant to this

section shall be evaluated by the facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to

Section as a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. The evaluation shall be made at the request of the person in charge of the private institution in which the person is detained or by one of the physicians who signed the certificate.

If in the opinion of the professional person in charge of the evaluation and treatment facility or his or her designee, the evaluation of the person can be made by the professional person or his or her designee at the private institution in which the person is detained, the person shall not be required to be evaluated at the evaluation and treatment facility, but shall be evaluated at the private institution to determine if the person is a danger to others, himself or herself, or gravely disabled as a result of mental disorder. (

b) Any person evaluated under this

section shall be released from the private institution immediately upon completion of the evaluation if in the opinion of the professional person in charge of the evaluation and treatment facility, or his or her designee, the person evaluated is not a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled as a result of mental disorder, unless the person agrees voluntarily to remain in the private institution. (

c) If in the opinion of the professional person in charge of the facility or his or her designee, the person evaluated requires intensive treatment or recommendation for conservatorship, the professional person or his or her designee shall proceed under

Article 4 (commencing with

Section 5250) of

Chapter 2, or under

Chapter 3 (commencing with

Section 5350), of Part of Division 5.

Document details

CollectionCalifornia Statutes
CitationCal. WIC § 6007
Date2013-06-27
Typestatute
Languageen
SourceCA_STAT
IdentifierWIC6007.20132352

Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions

Cal. WIC § 6007

California Statutes

Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions

Cal. WIC § 6007

California Statutes

(

a) Any person detained pursuant to this

section shall be evaluated by the facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to

Section as a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. The evaluation shall be made at the request of the person in charge of the private institution in which the person is detained or by one of the physicians who signed the certificate.

If in the opinion of the professional person in charge of the evaluation and treatment facility or his or her designee, the evaluation of the person can be made by the professional person or his or her designee at the private institution in which the person is detained, the person shall not be required to be evaluated at the evaluation and treatment facility, but shall be evaluated at the private institution to determine if the person is a danger to others, himself or herself, or gravely disabled as a result of mental disorder. (

b) Any person evaluated under this

section shall be released from the private institution immediately upon completion of the evaluation if in the opinion of the professional person in charge of the evaluation and treatment facility, or his or her designee, the person evaluated is not a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled as a result of mental disorder, unless the person agrees voluntarily to remain in the private institution. (

c) If in the opinion of the professional person in charge of the facility or his or her designee, the person evaluated requires intensive treatment or recommendation for conservatorship, the professional person or his or her designee shall proceed under

Article 4 (commencing with

Section 5250) of

Chapter 2, or under

Chapter 3 (commencing with

Section 5350), of Part of Division 5.

Document details

CollectionCalifornia Statutes
CitationCal. WIC § 6007
Date2013-06-27
Typestatute
Languageen
SourceCA_STAT
IdentifierWIC6007.20132352