CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1202, Sec. 2.

§§ 5585–5585.25 · 6 sections

• § 5585 This part shall be known as the Children’s Civil Commitment and Mental Health Treatment Act of 1988.
• § 5585.10 This part shall be construed to promote the legislative intent and purposes of this part as follows: (a) To provide prompt evaluation and treatment of minors…
• § 5585.20 This part shall apply only to the initial 72 hours of mental health evaluation and treatment provided to a minor. Notwithstanding the provisions of the…
• § 5585.21 The Director of Health Care Services may promulgate regulations as necessary to implement and clarify the provisions of this part as they relate to minors.
• § 5585.22 The Director of Health Care Services, in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, may develop the appropriate…
• § 5585.25 “Gravely disabled minor” means a minor who, as a result of a mental disorder, is unable to use the elements of life that are essential to health, safety, and…