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2024 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 5 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1 - THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT
CHAPTER 2 - Involuntary Treatment
ARTICLE 2 - Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons with a Mental Health Condition
Section 5201.
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CA Welf & Inst Code § 5201 (2024)
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5201. Any individual may apply to the person or agency designated by the county for a petition alleging that there is in the county a person who is, as a result of mental disorder a danger to others, or to himself, or is gravely disabled, and requesting that an evaluation of the person’s condition be made.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.)
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