California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 4.5 - Additional Intensive Treatment of Suicidal Persons

• Section 5260.
  At the expiration of the 14-day period of intensive treatment any person who, as a result of mental disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism, during...
• Section 5261.
  (a) For a person to be certified under this article, a second notice of certification shall be signed by the professional person in charge of the...
• Section 5262.
  A second notice of certification for imminently suicidal persons is required for all involuntary 14-day intensive treatment, pursuant to this article, and shall be in...
• Section 5263.
  Copies of the second notice of certification for imminently suicidal persons, as set forth in Section 5262, shall be filed with the court and personally...
• Section 5264.
  (a) A certification for imminently suicidal persons shall be for no more than 14 days of intensive treatment, and shall terminate only as soon as the...
• Section 5265.
  Any individual who is knowingly and willfully responsible for detaining a person for more than 14 days in violation of the provisions of Section 5264...
• Section 5266.
  Whenever a county designates two or more facilities to provide intensive treatment and the person to be treated, his family, conservator or guardian expresses a...
• Section 5267.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 5113, if the provisions of Section 5264 have been met, the professional person in charge of the facility providing intensive treatment, his or...
• Section 5268.
  Nothing in this article shall prohibit the professional person in charge of an intensive treatment facility, or his designee, from permitting a person certified for...

Last modified: October 22, 2018