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DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 5000-5987›PART 2. THE BRONZAN-MCCORQUODALE ACT 5600-5772›CHAPTER 2.5. Program Initiatives 5670-5698›ARTICLE 6. Regional Facilities for Wards with Serious Emotional Disturbance 5695-5697.5
§ 5696.2
California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
No ward shall be admitted to any regional facility described in this chapter who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) The ward has a primary substance abuse problem.
(b) The ward has a primary developmental disability.
(c) The ward requires an acute psychiatric hospital setting.
(d) The ward can benefit from or requires a level of treatment or confinement not provided at the facility.
(e) The ward suffers from a medical condition which requires ongoing nursing and medical care, beyond the level that the program can provide.
(f) The ward is under conservatorship established pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350) of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 89, Sec. 170. Effective June 30, 1991.)
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