California Code
PART 1 - THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT
CHAPTER 2 - Involuntary Treatment

ARTICLE 1 - Detention of Mentally Disordered Persons for Evaluation and Treatment

Section 5150. - 5150. (a) When a person, as a result of a...

Section 5150.05. - 5150.05. (a) When determining if probable cause exists to take...

Section 5150.1. - 5150.1. No peace officer seeking to transport, or having transported,...

Section 5150.2. - 5150.2. In each county whenever a peace officer has transported...

Section 5150.4. - 5150.4. “Assessment” for the purposes of this article, means the...

Section 5150.5. - 5150.5. (a) An examination or assessment pursuant to Section 5150...

Section 5151. - 5151. (a) If the facility designated by the county for...

Section 5152. - 5152. (a) A person admitted to a facility for 72-hour...

Section 5152.1. - 5152.1. The professional person in charge of the facility providing...

Section 5152.2. - 5152.2. Each law enforcement agency within a county shall arrange...

Section 5153. - 5153. Whenever possible, officers charged with apprehension of persons pursuant...

Section 5154. - 5154. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5113, if the provisions of Section...

Section 5155. - 5155. Nothing in this part shall be construed as granting...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Detention of Inebriates for Evaluation and Treatment

Section 5170. - 5170. When any person is a danger to others, or...

Section 5170.1. - 5170.1. A 72-hour treatment and evaluation facility shall include one...

Section 5170.3. - 5170.3. Such evaluation facility shall require an application in writing...

Section 5170.5. - 5170.5. Any person placed in an evaluation facility has, immediately...

Section 5170.7. - 5170.7. A person who requests to be released from the...

Section 5171. - 5171. If the facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation of...

Section 5172. - 5172. Each person admitted to a facility for 72-hour treatment...

Section 5172.1. - 5172.1. Any person who is a danger to others, or...

Section 5173. - 5173. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5113, if the provisions of Section...

Section 5174. - 5174. It is the intent of the Legislature (a) that...

Section 5175. - 5175. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent...

Section 5176. - 5176. This article shall apply only to those counties wherein...

ARTICLE 2 - Court-Ordered Evaluation for Mentally Disordered Persons

Section 5200. - 5200. Any person alleged, as a result of mental disorder,...

Section 5201. - 5201. Any individual may apply to the person or agency...

Section 5202. - 5202. The person or agency designated by the county shall...

Section 5203. - 5203. Any individual who seeks a petition for court-ordered evaluation...

Section 5204. - 5204. The petition for a court-ordered evaluation shall contain the...

Section 5205. - 5205. The petition shall be in substantially the following form:...

Section 5206. - 5206. Whenever it appears, by petition pursuant to this article,...

Section 5207. - 5207. The order for evaluation shall be in substantially the...

Section 5208. - 5208. As promptly as possible, a copy of the petition...

Section 5210. - 5210. At the time a person is taken into custody...

Section 5211. - 5211. The report of a patient’s property required by Section...

Section 5212. - 5212. Whenever possible, persons charged with service of orders and...

Section 5213. - 5213. (a) If, upon evaluation, the person is found to...

ARTICLE 3 - Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons Impaired by Chronic Alcoholism or Drug Abuse

Section 5225. - 5225. Whenever a criminal defendant who appears, as a result...

Section 5226. - 5226. Such a criminal defendant must be advised of his...

Section 5226.1. - 5226.1. If a judge issues an order for evaluation under...

Section 5227. - 5227. The order for evaluation shall be in substantially the...

Section 5228. - 5228. As promptly as possible, a copy of the order...

Section 5229. - 5229. At the time a person is ordered to undergo...

Section 5230. - 5230. If, upon evaluation, the person is found to be...

ARTICLE 4 - Certification for Intensive Treatment

Section 5250. - 5250. If a person is detained for 72 hours under...

Section 5250.1. - 5250.1. The professional person in charge of a facility providing...

Section 5251. - 5251. (a) For a person to be certified under this...

Section 5252. - 5252. A notice of certification is required for all persons...

Section 5253. - 5253. A copy of the certification notice shall be personally...

Section 5254. - 5254. The person delivering the copy of the notice of...

Section 5254.1. - 5254.1. The person delivering the copy of the notice of...

Section 5255. - 5255. As soon after the certification as practicable, an attorney...

Section 5256. - 5256. (a) When a person is certified for intensive treatment...

Section 5256.1. - 5256.1. The certification review hearing shall be conducted by either...

Section 5256.2. - 5256.2. At the certification review hearing, the evidence in support...

Section 5256.3. - 5256.3. The person certified shall be present at the certification...

Section 5256.4. - 5256.4. (a) At the certification review hearing, the person certified...

Section 5256.5. - 5256.5. If at the conclusion of the certification review hearing...

Section 5256.6. - 5256.6. If at the conclusion of the certification review hearing...

Section 5256.7. - 5256.7. The person certified shall be given oral notification of...

Section 5256.8. - 5256.8. The requirement that there is a certification review hearing...

Section 5257. - 5257. (a) During the period of intensive treatment pursuant to...

Section 5257.5. - 5257.5. (a) A care coordination plan shall be developed by,...

Section 5258. - 5258. After the involuntary detention has begun, the total period...

Section 5259. - 5259. Nothing in this article shall prohibit the professional person...

Section 5259.1. - 5259.1. Any individual who is knowingly and willfully responsible for...

Section 5259.2. - 5259.2. Whenever a county designates two or more facilities to...

Section 5259.3. - 5259.3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5113, if the provisions of Section...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Additional Intensive Treatment of Suicidal Persons

Section 5260. - 5260. At the expiration of the 14-day period of intensive...

Section 5261. - 5261. (a) For a person to be certified under this...

Section 5262. - 5262. A second notice of certification for imminently suicidal persons...

Section 5263. - 5263. Copies of the second notice of certification for imminently...

Section 5264. - 5264. (a) A certification for imminently suicidal persons shall be...

Section 5265. - 5265. Any individual who is knowingly and willfully responsible for...

Section 5266. - 5266. Whenever a county designates two or more facilities to...

Section 5267. - 5267. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5113, if the provisions of Section...

Section 5268. - 5268. Nothing in this article shall prohibit the professional person...

ARTICLE 4.7 - Additional Intensive Treatment

Section 5270.10. - 5270.10. It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce...

Section 5270.12. - 5270.12. This article shall be operative only in those counties...

Section 5270.15. - 5270.15. (a) Upon the completion of a 14-day period of...

Section 5270.20. - 5270.20. (a) For a person to be certified under this...

Section 5270.25. - 5270.25. A second notice of certification is required for all...

Section 5270.30. - 5270.30. Copies of the second notice of certification as set...

Section 5270.35. - 5270.35. (a) A certification pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 5270.40. - 5270.40. Any individual who is knowingly and willfully responsible for...

Section 5270.45. - 5270.45. Whenever a county designates two or more facilities to...

Section 5270.50. - 5270.50. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5113, if the provisions of Section...

Section 5270.55. - 5270.55. (a) Whenever it is contemplated that a gravely disabled...

Section 5270.65. - 5270.65. Nothing in this article shall prohibit the professional person...

Section 5270.70. - 5270.70. (a) If, after 15 days of the 30-day period...

ARTICLE 5 - Judicial Review

Section 5275. - 5275. Every person detained under this part shall have a...

Section 5276. - 5276. Judicial review shall be in the superior court for...

Section 5276.1. - 5276.1. The person requesting release may, upon advice of counsel,...

Section 5276.2. - 5276.2. In the event that the person, or anyone acting...

Section 5277. - 5277. A finding under Section 5276 shall not be admissible...

Section 5278. - 5278. Individuals authorized under this part to detain a person...

ARTICLE 6 - Postcertification Procedures for Imminently Dangerous Persons

Section 5300. - 5300. (a) At the expiration of the 14-day period of...

Section 5300.5. - 5300.5. For purposes of this article: (a) “Custody” shall be...

Section 5301. - 5301. (a) At any time during the 14-day intensive treatment...

Section 5302. - 5302. At the time of filing of a petition for...

Section 5303. - 5303. The court shall conduct the proceedings on the petition...

Section 5303.1. - 5303.1. For the purposes of any hearing or jury trial...

Section 5304. - 5304. (a) The court shall remand a person named in...

Section 5305. - 5305. (a) Any person committed pursuant to Section 5300 may...

Section 5306. - 5306. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5113, if the provisions of Section...

Section 5306.5. - 5306.5. (a) If at any time during the outpatient period,...

Section 5307. - 5307. If at any time during the outpatient period the...

Section 5308. - 5308. Upon the filing of a request for revocation of...

Section 5309. - 5309. (a) Nothing in this article shall prohibit the superintendent...

ARTICLE 7 - Legal and Civil Rights of Persons Involuntarily Detained

Section 5325. - 5325. Each person involuntarily detained for evaluation or treatment under...

Section 5325.1. - 5325.1. Persons with mental illness have the same legal rights...

Section 5325.2. - 5325.2. Any person who is subject to detention pursuant to...

Section 5325.3. - 5325.3. (a) For purposes of administering antipsychotic medications to a...

Section 5326. - 5326. The professional person in charge of the facility or...

Section 5326.1. - 5326.1. Quarterly, each local mental health director shall furnish to...

Section 5326.15. - 5326.15. (a) Quarterly, any doctor or facility which administers convulsive...

Section 5326.2. - 5326.2. To constitute voluntary informed consent, the following information shall...

Section 5326.3. - 5326.3. The State Department of Health Care Services and State...

Section 5326.4. - 5326.4. The treating physician shall then present to the patient...

Section 5326.5. - 5326.5. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “written informed consent”...

Section 5326.55. - 5326.55. Persons who serve on review committees shall not otherwise...

Section 5326.6. - 5326.6. Psychosurgery, wherever administered, may be performed only if: (a)...

Section 5326.7. - 5326.7. Subject to the provisions of subdivision (f) of Section...

Section 5326.75. - 5326.75. Convulsive treatment for all other patients including but not...

Section 5326.8. - 5326.8. Under no circumstances shall convulsive treatment be performed on...

Section 5326.85. - 5326.85. No convulsive treatment shall be performed if the patient,...

Section 5326.9. - 5326.9. (a) Any alleged or suspected violation of the rights...

Section 5326.91. - 5326.91. In any facility in which convulsive treatment is performed...

Section 5326.95. - 5326.95. The Director of State Hospitals shall adopt regulations to...

Section 5327. - 5327. Every person involuntarily detained under provisions of this part...

Section 5328. - 5328. (a) All information and records obtained in the course...

Section 5328.01. - 5328.01. Notwithstanding Section 5328, all information and records made confidential...

Section 5328.02. - 5328.02. Notwithstanding Section 5328, all information and records made confidential...

Section 5328.03. - 5328.03. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 5328 of this code, Section...

Section 5328.04. - 5328.04. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5328, information and records made confidential...

Section 5328.05. - 5328.05. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5328, information and records may be...

Section 5328.06. - 5328.06. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5328, information and records shall be...

Section 5328.1. - 5328.1. (a) Upon request of a member of the family...

Section 5328.15. - 5328.15. All information and records obtained in the course of...

Section 5328.2. - 5328.2. Notwithstanding Section 5328, movement and identification information and records...

Section 5328.3. - 5328.3. (a) When a voluntary patient would otherwise be subject...

Section 5328.4. - 5328.4. The physician in charge of the patient, or the...

Section 5328.5. - 5328.5. Information and records described in Section 5328 may be...

Section 5328.6. - 5328.6. When any disclosure of information or records is made...

Section 5328.7. - 5328.7. Signed consent forms by a patient for release of...

Section 5328.8. - 5328.8. (a) The State Department of State Hospitals, the physician...

Section 5328.9. - 5328.9. If at such time as a patient’s hospital records...

Section 5329. - 5329. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit...

Section 5330. - 5330. (a) Any person may bring an action against an...

Section 5331. - 5331. No person may be presumed to be incompetent because...

Section 5332. - 5332. (a) Antipsychotic medication, as defined in subdivision (l) of...

Section 5333. - 5333. (a) Persons subject to capacity hearings pursuant to Section...

Section 5334. - 5334. (a) Capacity hearings required by Section 5332 shall be...

Section 5336. - 5336. Any determination of a person’s incapacity to refuse treatment...

Section 5337. - 5337. Notwithstanding Section 5257, nothing shall prohibit the filing of...

ARTICLE 8 - Community Controlled Substances Treatment Services

Section 5340. - 5340. It is the intention of the Legislature by enacting...

Section 5341. - 5341. As used in this article, “controlled substances” means those...

Section 5342. - 5342. Where other applicable sections of this part contain the...

Section 5343. - 5343. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any person...

Section 5344. - 5344. Any expenditure for the custody, evaluation, treatment, or other...

ARTICLE 9 - The Assisted Outpatient Treatment Demonstration Project Act of 2002

Section 5345. - 5345. (a) This article shall be known, and may be...

Section 5346. - 5346. (a) In any county or group of counties where...

Section 5346.5. - 5346.5. (a) In a county or group of counties where...

Section 5347. - 5347. (a) In a county or group of counties where...

Section 5348. - 5348. (a) For purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 5346,...

Section 5349. - 5349. (a) A county or group of counties that does...

Section 5349.1. - 5349.1. (a) A county or group of counties that implements...