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DIVISION 5 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1.5 - CHILDREN'S CIVIL COMMITMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT ACT OF 1988
CHAPTER 2 - Civil Commitment of Minors
Section 5585.52.
Universal Citation: CA Welf & Inst Code § 5585.52 (2020)
5585.52.
Any minor detained under the provisions of Section 5585.50 shall receive a clinical evaluation consisting of multidisciplinary professional analyses of the minor’s medical, psychological, developmental, educational, social, financial, and legal conditions as may appear to constitute a problem. This evaluation shall include a psychosocial evaluation of the family or living environment, or both. Persons providing evaluation services shall be properly qualified professionals with training or supervised experience, or both, in the diagnosis and treatment of minors. Every effort shall be made to involve the minor’s parent or legal guardian in the clinical evaluation.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1202, Sec. 2.)
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