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Welfare and Institutions Code § 5170.1

ARTICLE 1.5. Detention of Individuals Under the Influence of Alcohol for Evaluation and Treatment

Current as of September 28, 2026Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5170.1Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1024.

A 72-hour treatment and evaluation facility shall include one or more of the following:

(1) A screening, evaluation, and referral facility which may be accomplished by a mobile crisis unit, first aid station or ambulatory detoxification unit;

(2) A detoxification facility for alcoholic and acutely intoxicated persons.

(3) An alcohol recovery house.