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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 5 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1.5 - CHILDREN'S CIVIL COMMITMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT ACT OF 1988
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 5585.25.
Universal Citation: CA Welf & Inst Code § 5585.25 (2019)
5585.25.
“Gravely disabled minor” means a minor who, as a result of a mental disorder, is unable to use the elements of life that are essential to health, safety, and development, including food, clothing, and shelter, even though provided to the minor by others. Intellectual disability, epilepsy, or other developmental disabilities, alcoholism, other drug abuse, or repeated antisocial behavior do not, by themselves, constitute a mental disorder.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 457, Sec. 53. (SB 1381) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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