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California Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 5325.2: Patients' Rights; American Psychiatric Association, Definition of Crisis Behavior & A Mental Disorder by DSM-IV (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of APA), & Crisis Management; California Code of Regulations (C.C.R.), Title 9 & Title 22, Licensed psychiatric hospitals in California are ...
5150 is the number of the section of California's Welfare and Institutions Code which allows a person with a mental challenge to be involuntarily detained for a 72-hour psychiatric hospitalization.
The California Codes are 29 legal codes enacted by the California State Legislature, which, alongside uncodified acts, form the general statutory law of California. The official codes are maintained by the California Office of Legislative Counsel for the legislature.
California: 5150 (involuntary psychiatric hold) and Laura's Law (providing for court-ordered outpatient treatment) Lanterman–Petris–Short Act, codifying the conditions for and of involuntary commitment in California; Florida: Baker Act and Marchman Act
Laura Wilcox was a 19-year-old college sophomore who had been valedictorian of her high school before going on to study at Haverford College. [1] While working at Nevada County's public mental health clinic during her winter break from college, on January 10, 2001, she and two other people were shot to death by Scott Harlan Thorpe, a 40-year-old man who resisted his family's and a social ...
In 2002, voters of California passed a law mandating that HMOs, which serve nearly 21 million people in California, offer more timely access to medical care. Now the California Department of ...
California had the opportunity to follow suit this year through Assembly Bill 2180 by Dr. Akilah Weber, D-La Mesa, but despite strong support from nearly 100 patient advocacy, consumer and ...
5150 may refer to: Lanterman–Petris–Short Act § 5150 hold , section 5150 of California's Welfare and Institutions Code By extension, a person who is gravely disabled through mental illness