California Code
DIVISION 5 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1 - THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 5000. - 5000. This part shall be known and may be cited...

Section 5001. - 5001. The provisions of this part and Part 1.5 (commencing...

Section 5002. - 5002. (a) Persons with mental health disorders and persons impaired...

Section 5003. - 5003. Nothing in this part shall be construed in any...

Section 5004. - 5004. Persons with mental health disorders and persons with developmental...

Section 5004.5. - 5004.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a legal guardian, conservator,...

Section 5005. - 5005. Unless specifically stated, a person complained against in any...

Section 5006. - 5006. The provisions of this part shall not be construed...

Section 5007. - 5007. Unless otherwise indicated, the provisions of this part shall...

Section 5008. - 5008. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall...

Section 5008.1. - 5008.1. As used in this division and in Division 4...

Section 5008.2. - 5008.2. (a) When applying the definition of mental disorder for...

Section 5009. - 5009. Persons receiving evaluation or treatment under this part shall...

Section 5010. - 5010. The agency established in this state to fulfill the...

Section 5012. - 5012. The fact that a person has been taken into...

Section 5013. - 5013. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 5014. - 5014. (a) To the extent otherwise permitted under state and...

Section 5020.1. - 5020.1. A mentally ill minor, between the ages of 3...

Section 5110. - 5110. Whenever a proceeding is held in a superior court...

Section 5111. - 5111. Any county without a public defender is authorized to...

Section 5113. - 5113. Except as provided in Sections 5154, 5173, 5259.3, 5267,...

Section 5114. - 5114. At any judicial proceeding under the provisions of this...

Section 5115. - 5115. The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) It is...

Section 5116. - 5116. (a) Pursuant to the policy stated in Section 5115,...

Section 5117. - 5117. In order to further facilitate achieving the purposes of...

Section 5118. - 5118. (a) For the purpose of conducting hearings under this...

Section 5119. - 5119. On and after July 1, 1972, when a person...

Section 5120. - 5120. It is the policy of this state as declared...

Section 5121. - 5121. (a) The county behavioral health director may develop procedures...

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...

CHAPTER 3 - Conservatorship for Gravely Disabled Persons

Section 5350. - 5350. A conservator of the person, of the estate, or...

Section 5350.1. - 5350.1. The purpose of conservatorship, as provided for in this...

Section 5350.2. - 5350.2. Reasonable attempts shall be made by the county mental...

Section 5350.5. - 5350.5. (a) If a conservatorship has already been established under...

Section 5351. - 5351. In each county or counties acting jointly under the...

Section 5352. - 5352. When the professional person in charge of an agency...

Section 5352.1. - 5352.1. (a) The court may establish a temporary conservatorship for...

Section 5352.2. - 5352.2. Where the duly designated officer providing conservatorship investigation is...

Section 5352.3. - 5352.3. If the professional person in charge of the facility...

Section 5352.4. - 5352.4. If a conservatee appeals the court’s decision to establish...

Section 5352.5. - 5352.5. (a) Conservatorship proceedings may be initiated for any person...

Section 5352.6. - 5352.6. Within 10 days after conservatorship of the person has...

Section 5353. - 5353. A temporary conservator under this chapter shall determine what...

Section 5354. - 5354. (a) The officer providing conservatorship investigation shall investigate all...

Section 5354.5. - 5354.5. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the person...

Section 5355. - 5355. If the conservatorship investigation results in a recommendation for...

Section 5356. - 5356. The report of the officer providing conservatorship investigation shall...

Section 5357. - 5357. All conservators of the estate shall have the general...

Section 5358. - 5358. (a) (1) When ordered by the court after the...

Section 5358.1. - 5358.1. Neither a conservator, temporary conservator, or public guardian appointed...

Section 5358.2. - 5358.2. If a conservatee requires medical treatment and the conservator...

Section 5358.3. - 5358.3. (a) At any time, a conservatee or any person...

Section 5358.3. - 5358.3. (a) At any time, a conservatee or any person...

Section 5358.5. - 5358.5. When any conservatee placed into a facility pursuant to...

Section 5358.6. - 5358.6. Any conservator who places his or her conservatee in...

Section 5358.7. - 5358.7. When any conservatee challenges his or her placement or...

Section 5359. - 5359. A conservator appointed under this chapter shall find alternative...

Section 5360. - 5360. The officer providing conservatorship investigation shall recommend, in his...

Section 5361. - 5361. (a) Conservatorship initiated pursuant to this chapter shall automatically...

Section 5362. - 5362. (a) The clerk of the superior court shall notify...

Section 5363. - 5363. In the event the conservator continues in good faith...

Section 5364. - 5364. (a) At any time, the conservatee may petition the...

Section 5364. - 5364. (a) At any time, the conservatee may petition the...

Section 5365. - 5365. A hearing shall be held on all petitions under...

Section 5365.1. - 5365.1. The conservatee or proposed conservatee may, upon advice of...

Section 5366.1. - 5366.1. (a) Any person detained as of June 30, 1969,...

Section 5367. - 5367. Conservatorship established under this chapter shall supersede any commitment...

Section 5368. - 5368. A person who is no longer a conservatee shall...

Section 5369. - 5369. When a conservatee who has criminal charges pending against...

Section 5370. - 5370. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a conservatorship proceeding...

Section 5370.1. - 5370.1. The court in which a petition to establish a...

Section 5370.2. - 5370.2. (a) The State Department of State Hospitals and the...

Section 5371. - 5371. No person upon whom a duty is placed to...

Section 5372. - 5372. (a) The provisions of Section 1051 of the Probate...

CHAPTER 4 - Administration

Section 5400. - 5400. (a) The Director of Health Care Services shall administer...

Section 5402. - 5402. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall...

Section 5402.2. - 5402.2. The Director of State Hospitals shall develop a master...

Section 5402.5. - 5402.5. (a) On or before December 1, 2023, the State...

Section 5403. - 5403. (a) From July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1993,...

Section 5404. - 5404. (a) Each county may designate facilities, which are not...

Section 5405. - 5405. (a) This section shall apply to each facility licensed...

CHAPTER 5 - Housing Conservatorship for Persons with Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders

Section 5450. - 5450. (a) Until January 1, 2024, this chapter shall apply...

Section 5451. - 5451. In the County of Los Angeles, the County of...

Section 5452. - 5452. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 5453. - 5453. The purpose of conservatorship under this chapter is to...

Section 5454. - 5454. In the County of Los Angeles, the County of...

Section 5455. - 5455. (a) (1) The county sheriff may recommend an evaluation...

Section 5456. - 5456. (a) The establishment of a conservatorship pursuant to this...

Section 5457. - 5457. (a) The officer providing conservatorship investigation shall investigate all...

Section 5458. - 5458. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the person...

Section 5459. - 5459. (a) A person or agency shall not be designated...

Section 5460. - 5460. When ordered by the court after the hearing required...

Section 5461. - 5461. (a) At any time, a conservatee or any person...

Section 5462. - 5462. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a conservatorship...

Section 5463. - 5463. (a) The clerk of the superior court shall notify...

Section 5464. - 5464. (a) At any time, the conservatee may petition the...

Section 5465. - 5465. A hearing shall be held on all petitions under...

Section 5465.5. - 5465.5. (a) If a person has been detained eight or...

Section 5466. - 5466. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January...

CHAPTER 6.2 - Mental Health Advocacy

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 5500. - 5500. As used in this chapter: (a) “Advocacy” means those...

ARTICLE 2 - Patients Rights Program

Section 5510. - 5510. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)...

Section 5511. - 5511. The Director of State Hospitals or the executive director...

Section 5512. - 5512. Training of county patients’ rights advocates shall be provided...

Section 5513. - 5513. The patients’ rights program shall serve as a liaison...

Section 5514. - 5514. There shall be a five-person Patients’ Rights Committee formed...

ARTICLE 3 - County Advocates

Section 5520. - 5520. Each local mental health director shall appoint, or contract...

Section 5521. - 5521. It is the intent of the Legislature that legal...

Section 5522. - 5522. County patients’ rights advocates may conduct investigations if there...

Section 5523. - 5523. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and without...

Section 5524. - 5524. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a county shall verify...

Section 5525. - 5525. (a) An employer, or any person acting on behalf...

ARTICLE 4 - Access to Clients

Section 5530. - 5530. (a) County patients’ rights advocates shall have access to...

ARTICLE 5 - Access to Records

Section 5540. - 5540. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in...

Section 5541. - 5541. (a) A specific authorization by the client or by...

Section 5542. - 5542. County patients’ rights advocates shall have the right to...

Section 5543. - 5543. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the...

Section 5544. - 5544. Any written client information obtained by county patients’ rights...

Section 5545. - 5545. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit...

Section 5546. - 5546. The actual cost of copying any records or other...

ARTICLE 6 - Penalties

Section 5550. - 5550. (a) Any person participating in filing a complaint or...

ARTICLE 7 - Housing Conservatorship Working Group

Section 5555. - 5555. (a) The County of Los Angeles, the County of...

Section 5556. - 5556. This article shall remain in effect only until January...