California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 2 - Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

• Section 6500.
  (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:(1) “Dangerousness to self or others” shall include, but not be limited to, a finding of incompetence...
• Section 6501.
  If a person is charged with a violent felony, as described in Section 667.5 of the Penal Code, and the individual has been committed to...
• Section 6502.
  A petition for the commitment of a person with a developmental disability to the State Department of Developmental Services who has been found incompetent to...
• Section 6503.
  The court shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition. The time for the hearing shall be set no more than...
• Section 6504.
  In all cases the court shall require due notice of the hearing of the petition to be given to the person alleged to have a...
• Section 6504.5.
  (a) Wherever a petition is filed pursuant to this article, the court shall appoint the director of a regional center for the developmentally disabled established under...
• Section 6505.
  Whenever the court considers it necessary or advisable, it may cause an order to issue for the apprehension and delivery to the court of the...
• Section 6506.
  Pending the hearing, the court may order that the alleged dangerous person alleged to have a developmental disability may be left in the charge of...
• Section 6507.
  The court shall inquire into the condition or status of the person alleged to have a developmental disability. For this purpose it may by subpoena...
• Section 6508.
  Each psychologist and physician shall receive for each attendance mentioned in Section 6507 the sum of five dollars ($5) for each person examined, together with...
• Section 6509.
  (a)   If the court finds that the person has a developmental disability, and is a danger to himself, herself, or to others, the court...
• Section 6510.
  In case of the dismissal of the petition, the court may, if it considers the petition to have been filed with malicious intent, order the...
• Section 6510.5.
  Under no circumstances shall the court order placement of a person described in this article or a dangerous person committed pursuant to Section 1370.1 of...
• Section 6511.
  Any person who knowingly contrives to have any person adjudged to have a developmental disability under the provisions of this article, unlawfully or improperly, is...
• Section 6512.
  If, when a boy or girl is brought before a juvenile court under the juvenile court law, it appears to the court, either before or...
• Section 6513.
  (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall pay for the costs, as defined in this section, of judicial proceedings, including commitment, placement, or release, under...

Last modified: October 22, 2018