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 8 - Community Controlled Substances Treatment Services
Section 5340.

Universal Citation:
CA Welf & Inst Code § 5340 (2024)
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5340. It is the intention of the Legislature by enacting this article to provide legal procedures for the custody, evaluation, and treatment of users of controlled substances. The enactment of this article shall not be construed to be evidence that a person subject to its provisions is has a mental health disorder, or evidence that the Legislature considers that those persons have a mental health disorder.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 93. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)

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