Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5201 · Article 2. Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons with a Mental Health Condition
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5201
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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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=5201.
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