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DIVISION 6. ADMISSIONS AND JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS 6000-6825›PART 2. JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS 6250-6825›CHAPTER 1. Definitions, Construction and Standard Forms 6250-6254

§ 6253

California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Wherever provision is made in this code for court-appointed medical examiners to make and sign a certificate showing the facts of an examination in the case of a person alleged to be subject to judicial commitment, the certificate shall be in substantially the following form: In the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of ________

In the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of ________
The People For the Best Interest and Protection of, ⎫⎪⎪⎪ Certificate of Medical Examiners
as a and ⎬
⎪
Concerning , ⎪
and , ⎪
Respondents ⎪⎭
We, Dr. ________ and Dr. ________, medical examiners in the County of ________, duly appointed and certified as such, do hereby certify under our hands that we have examined ________, alleged to be a ________, and have attended before a judge of said court at the hearing on the petition concerning said person, and have heard the testimony of all witnesses, and, as a result of the examination, have testified under oath before the court to the following facts concerning the alleged ____________:
Name Address Age Sex Occupation Marital status (Single, married, widowed, divorced) Religious belief Pertinent case history General physical condition Present mental status Laboratory reports (if any) Tentative diagnosis of mental health Recommendation for disposition or supervision, treatment and care Reason for the recommendation
Date ________________
Medical Examiner Medical Examiner

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.)

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