CHAPTER 1. General Provisions
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.
§§ 5000–5122 · 30 sections
- § 5000 This part shall be known and may be cited as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.
- § 5001 The provisions of this part and Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 5585) shall be construed to promote the legislative intent as follows: (a) To end the…
- § 5002 (a) Persons with mental health disorders and persons impaired by chronic alcoholism may no longer be judicially committed. (b) Persons with mental health…
- § 5003 Nothing in this part shall be construed in any way as limiting the right of any person to make voluntary application at any time to any public or private…
- § 5004 Persons with mental health disorders and persons with developmental disabilities shall receive protection from criminal acts equal to that provided any other…
- § 5004.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a legal guardian, conservator, or other person who reasonably believes a person with a mental health disorder or…
- § 5005 Unless specifically stated, a person complained against in any petition or proceeding initiated by virtue of the provisions of this part shall not forfeit any…
- § 5006 The provisions of this part shall not be construed to deny treatment by spiritual means through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a…
- § 5007 Unless otherwise indicated, the provisions of this part shall not be construed to apply retroactively to terminate court commitments of mentally ill persons or…
- § 5008 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this part: (a) “Evaluation” consists of multidisciplinary…
- § 5008.1 As used in this division and in Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000), Division 4.1 (commencing with Section 4400), Division 6 (commencing with Section…
- § 5008.2 (a) When applying the definition of mental disorder for the purposes of Articles 2 (commencing with Section 5200), 4 (commencing with Section 5250), and 5…
- § 5009 Persons receiving evaluation or treatment under this part shall be given a choice of physician or other professional person providing such services, in…
- § 5010 The agency established in this state to fulfill the requirements and assurances of Section 142 of the federal Developmental Disabilities Act of 1984 for a…
- § 5012 The fact that a person has been taken into custody under this part may not be used in the determination of that person’s eligibility for payment or…
- § 5013 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that referrals between facilities, providers, and other organizations shall be facilitated by the sharing of…
- § 5014 (a) To the extent otherwise permitted under state and federal law and consistent with the Mental Health Services Act, both of the following apply for purposes…
- § 5020.1 A minor with a mental health condition, between the ages of 3 and 18, upon being considered for release from a state hospital shall have an aftercare plan…
- § 5110 Whenever a proceeding is held in a superior court under Article 5 (commencing with Section 5275) or Article 6 (commencing with Section 5300) of this chapter or…
- § 5111 Any county without a public defender is authorized to compensate the attorneys appointed for persons entitled to be represented by counsel in proceedings under…
- § 5113 Except as provided in Sections 5154, 5173, 5259.3, 5267, and 5306, the facility providing treatment pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 5150),…
- § 5114 At any judicial proceeding under the provisions of this division, allegations that the person is a danger to others, or to himself, or gravely disabled as a…
- § 5115 The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) It is the policy of this state, as declared and established in this section and in the Lanterman Developmental…
- § 5116 (a) Pursuant to the policy stated in Section 5115, a state-authorized, certified, or licensed family care home, foster home, or group home serving six or fewer…
- § 5117 In order to further facilitate achieving the purposes of this act and the Lanterman Mental Retardation Act of 1969, it is desirable that there be a…
- § 5118 (a) For the purpose of conducting hearings under this part, the court in and for the county where the petition is filed may be convened at any time and place…
- § 5119 On and after July 1, 1972, when a person who is an employee of the State Department of Mental Health at the time of employment by a county in a county mental…
- § 5120 It is the policy of this state as declared and established in this act and in the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act that the care and treatment of individuals with a…
- § 5121 (a) The county behavioral health director may develop procedures for the county’s designation and training of professionals who will be designated to perform…
- § 5122 (a) For purposes of an opinion offered by an expert witness in a proceeding relating to the appointment or reappointment of a conservator pursuant to Chapter 3…