California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 1.5 - Detention of Inebriates for Evaluation and Treatment

• Section 5170.
  When any person is a danger to others, or to himself, or gravely disabled as a result of inebriation, a peace officer, member of the...
• Section 5170.1.
  A 72-hour treatment and evaluation facility shall include one or more of the following:(1) A screening, evaluation, and referral facility which may be accomplished by a...
• Section 5170.3.
  Such evaluation facility shall require an application in writing stating the circumstances under which the person’s condition was called to the attention of the officer,...
• Section 5170.5.
  Any person placed in an evaluation facility has, immediately after he is taken to an evaluation facility and except where physically impossible, no later than...
• Section 5170.7.
  A person who requests to be released from the facility before 72 hours have elapsed shall be released only if the psychiatrist directly responsible for...
• Section 5171.
  If the facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation of inebriates admits the person, it may detain him for evaluation and detoxification treatment, and such other...
• Section 5172.
  Each person admitted to a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation under the provisions of this article shall receive an evaluation as soon after he...
• Section 5172.1.
  Any person who is a danger to others, or to himself, or gravely disabled as a result of inebriation, may voluntarily apply for admission to...
• Section 5173.
  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 5113, if the provisions of Section 5170.7 or 5172 have been met, the professional person in charge of the facility providing 72-hour...
• Section 5174.
  It is the intent of the Legislature (a) that facilities for 72-hour treatment and evaluation of inebriates be subject to state funding under Part 2...
• Section 5175.
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a facility designated as a facility for 72-hour evaluation and treatment of inebriates from also being...
• Section 5176.
  This article shall apply only to those counties wherein the board of supervisors has adopted a resolution stating that suitable facilities exist within the county...

Last modified: October 22, 2018