DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 5000-5952›PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT 5000-5556›CHAPTER 2. Involuntary Treatment 5150-5349.5›ARTICLE 4. Certification for Intensive Treatment 5250-5259.3
§ 5256.5
California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
If at the conclusion of the certification review hearing the person conducting the hearing finds that there is not probable cause to believe that the person certified is, as a result of a mental disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism, a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled, then the person certified may no longer be involuntarily detained. Nothing herein shall prohibit the person from remaining at the facility on a voluntary basis or the facility from providing the person with appropriate referral information concerning mental health services.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1598, Sec. 4.)
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