ARTICLE 4.5. Additional Intensive Treatment of Suicidal Persons

Heading of Article 4.5 renumbered from Article 3.5 by Stats. 1969, Ch. 722.

§§ 5260–5268 · 9 sections

• § 5260 At the expiration of the 14-day period of intensive treatment any person who, as a result of mental disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism, during the…
• § 5261 (a) For a person to be certified under this article, a second notice of certification shall be signed by the professional person in charge of the facility…
• § 5262 A second notice of certification for imminently suicidal persons is required for all involuntary 14-day intensive treatment, pursuant to this article, and…
• § 5263 Copies of the second notice of certification for imminently suicidal persons, as set forth in Section 5262, shall be filed with the court and personally…
• § 5264 (a) A certification for imminently suicidal persons shall be for no more than 14 days of intensive treatment, and shall terminate only as soon as the…
• § 5265 Any individual who is knowingly and willfully responsible for detaining a person for more than 14 days in violation of the provisions of Section 5264 is liable…
• § 5266 Whenever a county designates two or more facilities to provide intensive treatment and the person to be treated, his family, conservator or guardian expresses…
• § 5267 (a) Notwithstanding Section 5113, if the provisions of Section 5264 have been met, the professional person in charge of the facility providing intensive…
• § 5268 Nothing in this article shall prohibit the professional person in charge of an intensive treatment facility, or his designee, from permitting a person…