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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 4 - Certification for Intensive Treatment
Section 5258.
Universal Citation: CA Welf & Inst Code § 5258 (2019)
5258.
After the involuntary detention has begun, the total period of detention, including intervening periods of voluntary treatment, shall not exceed the total maximum period during which the person could have been detained, if the person had been detained continuously on an involuntary basis, from the time of initial involuntary detention.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1517, Sec. 9.)
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