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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 5 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1 - THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT
CHAPTER 2 - Involuntary Treatment
ARTICLE 1.5 - Detention of Inebriates for Evaluation and Treatment
Section 5170.1.
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CA Welf & Inst Code § 5170.1 (2019)
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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 mobile crisis unit, first aid station or ambulatory detoxification unit;
(2) A detoxification facility for alcoholic and acutely intoxicated persons.
(3) An alcohol recovery house.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1024.)
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