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The Orange County Health Care Agency is authorized to perform non-invasive, non-investigatory medical and nursing assessments of minors taken into temporary custody by the Social Services Agency or the Probation Department, to determine emergency medical needs including contagious diseases (a comprehensive health assessment, laboratory tests, prophylactic immunizations, mental health and dental assessments) and to provide emergency medical, mental health and dental treatment those assessments show to be necessary.
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[File stamp: FILED, Superior Court of California, County of Orange, May 20, 2026, David H. Yamasaki, Clerk of the Court, By: R. Bracken, Deputy Clerk] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE SITTING AS THE JUVENILE COURT MISCELLANEOUS ORDER M-2026-10 TITLE: AUTHORIZATION AND ORDER PERMITTING MEDICAL/NURSING ASSESSMENTS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR MINORS TAKEN INTO TEMPORARY CUSTODY BY THE ORANGE COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND COUNTY OF ORANGE SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY AND HOUSED IN THEIR FACILITIES TO: DIRECTOR, ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH CARE AGENCY Minors taken into temporary custody by the County of Orange Social Services Agency may be housed at the Orangewood Children and Family Center. Minors taken into temporary custody by the Orange County Probation Department are housed at Orange County Juvenile Hall. In order to ensure the minors' medical health, safety, and well-being, to determine the medical care required by the minors, if any, and to reduce the risk of exposure to illness and/or communicable diseases by other youth and adults who come into contact with the minors while in custody, it is necessary that appropriate medical/nursing assessments be performed on these minors upon their entry into such facilities. In order to ensure the medical well-being of these minors while in custody, it is necessary that appropriate medical, dental, and mental health emergency care be authorized. FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN THEREFOR, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Orange County Health Care Agency is authorized to perform a non-invasive, non-investigatory medical/nursing assessment upon minors taken into temporary custody by the Social Services Agency and/or Probation Department for the limited purpose of determining emergency medical needs, including contagious diseases. This assessment may include, but is not limited to: 1. A comprehensive health assessment and physical examination, including but not limited to, vital statistic measurements for blood pressure, pulse rate, body temperature, respiration rate, oxygen saturation, height, and weight; visual inspection of the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and throat; and visual and/or auditory inspection of the skin, abdomen, and chest. 2. Any clinical laboratory tests the physician determines are necessary for the evaluation of the child's health status. 3. Any test, including blood, urine, saliva, or x-rays the examining physician or dentist determines necessary for the evaluation of the child's health status, including PPD (to detect tuberculosis) and upon consent of the adolescent, sexually active adolescents may be screened for sexually transmitted diseases. Contraceptive devices may be furnished to any juvenile upon the minor's request. 4. Any prophylactic immunization, as provided in the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). 5. A mental health status evaluation and necessary mental health services except no placement in an inpatient psychiatric facility will occur without compliance with Welf. & Inst. Code §§ 319.1, 635.1 and 5150 et seq. 6. A dental assessment, including x-rays when appropriate. Such exams shall be provided solely to detect "emergency medical needs and contagious diseases" to thereby "treat children's immediate needs and address potential dangers to other children" from new admittees into temporary custody. (Mann v. County of San Diego (9th Cir. 2018) 907 F.3d 1154, 1166.) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Orange County Health Care Agency is authorized to obtain: 1. Any emergency medical treatment required based on the results of the comprehensive health assessment, and any emergency medical required for the care of illness and injury. 2. Any necessary mental health services based on the mental health assessment. 3. Any necessary dental treatment required based on the results of the dental assessment. The foregoing emergency medical care it authorized for a minor who is in need of such care as recommended by a physician, dentist, or mental health professional, and for which there has been no parent/legal guardian located to provide consent, and who cannot otherwise be treated without the authorization of the Juvenile Court. The Social Services Agency and/or Probation Department shall continue their attempts to obtain consent from the minor’s parent(s)/legal guardian(s) prior to the administration of such treatment. For minors detained at Orangewood Children and Family Center, the comprehensive health assessment should align with the recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Child Health Disability Prevention Program and mandated by CCR Title 22, Division 6 Sections 80075, 84069.1, 84269.1 and 84275. For minors detained at Juvenile Hall, nothing contained herein shall be construed to modify or limit the requirements of the California Board of State and Community Corrections, Title 15 Minimum Standard for Local Detention Facilities sections 1432-1439. Notwithstanding Local Rule 900.1.3, this Order will not expire absent further order of the Court. Dated this 20th day of May, 2026. Craig E. Arthur Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court
[File stamp: FILED, Superior Court of California, County of Orange, May 20, 2026, David H. Yamasaki, Clerk of the Court, By: R. Bracken, Deputy Clerk] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE SITTING AS THE JUVENILE COURT MISCELLANEOUS ORDER M-2026-10 TITLE: AUTHORIZATION AND ORDER PERMITTING MEDICAL/NURSING ASSESSMENTS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR MINORS TAKEN INTO TEMPORARY CUSTODY BY
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Orange build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-orange/docs/m-2026-10.pdf (270741 bytes, sha256 cad10e9e8c3ba2dbb88f8a849dc5f7ab8db972fe9377981b7d35e4bcabca00c3; 4 pages) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan: transcribed by eye from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a local machine reading (RapidOCR) served only as a second reader for a word-level diff, every difference classified and checked on the page; every quotation mark, apostrophe and dash checked in full-resolution crops; file stamps, handwritten dates and pages not transcribed are recorded in bracketed notes; printed irregularities are kept as printed. Signed May 20, 2026 by Judge Craig E. Arthur as Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court; the court's Juvenile Courtroom Information page (read 2026-09-29) lists Judge Katherine E. Lewis as Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.