California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 3 - Protective Services

• Section 15703.
  (a) When, from personal observation, an authorized state or local law enforcement officer or designated employee of a county department of social services or mental health...
• Section 15703.05.
  Whether or not medical treatment is required, a physician treating an adult may, if he or she determines that the person is an endangered adult,...
• Section 15703.1.
  (a) Temporary emergency protective custody under this chapter shall not exceed a period commencing at the time the endangered adult has been taken into protective custody...
• Section 15705.
  (a) A designated county agency shall initiate an investigation and file a petition for issuance of an emergency protective services order within 24 hours after the...
• Section 15705.05.
  If, as a result of the preliminary hearing, the court determines that probable cause does not exist to continue temporary emergency protective custody, the adult...
• Section 15705.1.
  If, as a result of the preliminary hearing, the court determines that probable cause continues to exist for temporary emergency protective custody, the court may...
• Section 15705.15.
  In issuing an emergency order under this article, the court shall adhere to all of the following limitations:(a) Only those protective services that are necessary to...
• Section 15705.2.
  A petition for an emergency order under this article shall set forth all of the following information:(a) The name, address, and interest of the petitioner.(b) The name,...
• Section 15705.25.
  (a) Notice of the filing of a petition for an emergency order shall be given, in language as understandable by the endangered adult as reasonably possible,...
• Section 15705.30.
  The hearing on a petition for an emergency order under this article shall be held under all of the following conditions:(a) The person with respect to...
• Section 15705.35.
  Before any law enforcement agency may implement this article, including the taking of any person into protective custody pursuant to Section 15703, the law enforcement...
• Section 15705.37.
  This chapter shall be operative in a county only if the county board of supervisors has adopted a resolution to make this chapter operative in...
• Section 15705.40.
  This article shall not be used to circumvent the involuntary commitment process provided for pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 5150) of Part 1...

Last modified: October 22, 2018