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DIVISION 5 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1 - THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT
CHAPTER 2 - Involuntary Treatment
ARTICLE 3 - Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons Impaired by Chronic Alcoholism or Drug Abuse
Section 5225.
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CA Welf & Inst Code § 5225 (2022)
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5225. Whenever a criminal defendant who appears, as a result of chronic alcoholism or the use of narcotics or restricted dangerous drugs, to be a danger to others, to himself, or to be gravely disabled, is brought before any judge, the judge may order the defendant’s evaluation under conditions set forth in this article, provided evaluation services designated in the county plan pursuant to Section 5654 are available.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
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