DIVISION 6. ADMISSIONS AND JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS [6000. - 6825.]
Division 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.
§§ 6000–6825 · 88 sections
PART 1. ADMISSIONS §§ 6000–6008 · 19 sections
CHAPTER 1. Voluntary Admissions to Mental Hospitals and Institutions §§ 6000–6008 · 19 sections
- § 6000 (a) Pursuant to applicable rules and regulations established by the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, the…
- § 6000.5 Pursuant to Section 6000, the medical director of a state hospital for the developmentally disabled may receive in such hospital, as a boarder and patient, any…
- § 6001 Admissions to the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute or to the Neuropsychiatric Institute, U.C.L.A. Medical Center, may be on a voluntary basis after…
- § 6002 (a) The person in charge of a private institution, hospital, or clinic that is conducted for, or includes a department or unit conducted for, the care and…
- § 6002.10 A facility licensed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment,…
- § 6002.15 (a) Prior to accepting the written authorization for treatment, the facility shall assure that a representative of the facility has given a full explanation of…
- § 6002.20 (a) If the minor requests an independent clinical review of his or her continued inpatient treatment, the patients’ rights advocate shall be notified of the…
- § 6002.25 The independent clinical review shall be conducted by a licensed psychiatrist with training and experience in treating psychiatric adolescent patients, who is…
- § 6002.30 (a) All reasonably available clinical information which is relevant to establishing whether the minor meets the admission criteria pursuant to subdivision (d)…
- § 6002.35 (a) It shall be the responsibility of the psychiatrist conducting the independent clinical review to keep a record of the proceeding. (b) After considering all…
- § 6002.40 (a) For any insurance contracts entered into after January 1, 1990, where any private insurer, certified medical plan, or private health service plan is liable…
- § 6003 As used in this article, “county psychiatric hospital” means the hospital, ward, or facility provided by the county pursuant to the provisions of Section 7100.
- § 6003.1 As used in this article, county psychiatric health facility means a 24-hour acute care facility provided by the county pursuant to the provisions in Sections…
- § 6003.2 Wherever in this article the term “county psychiatric hospital” appears, such term shall be interchangeable with the term “psychiatric health facility.”
- § 6004 The superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital may receive, care for, or treat in the hospital any person who voluntarily makes a…
- § 6005 A voluntary adult patient may leave the hospital or institution at any time by giving notice of his desire to leave to any member of the hospital staff and…
- § 6006 A person admitted as a voluntary patient to a state hospital, a private mental institution, or a county psychiatric hospital shall have the following rights in…
- § 6007 (a) Any person detained pursuant to this section shall be evaluated by the facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health…
- § 6008 For the purposes of this part, a person who is a conservatee with a conservator of the person or of the person and estate appointed under Chapter 3 (commencing…
PART 2. JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS §§ 6250–6825 · 69 sections
CHAPTER 1. Definitions, Construction and Standard Forms §§ 6250–6254 · 5 sections
- § 6250 (a) As used in this part, “a person subject to judicial commitment” means a person who may be judicially committed under this part as a mentally disordered sex…
- § 6251 Wherever, on the basis of a petition, provision is made in this code for issuing and delivering an order for examination and detention directing that a person…
- § 6252 Wherever provision is made in this code for a judge of a superior court to issue and deliver an order for examination or detention directing that a person be…
- § 6253 Wherever provision is made in this code for court-appointed medical examiners to make and sign a certificate showing the facts of an examination in the case of…
- § 6254 Wherever provision is made in this code for an order of commitment by a superior court, the order of commitment shall be in substantially the following form:…
CHAPTER 2. Commitment Classification §§ 6331–6609.3 · 50 sections
ARTICLE 1. Mentally Disordered Sex Offenders (Repealed) §§ 6331–6332 · 2 sections
- § 6331 This article shall become inoperative the day after the election at which the electors adopt this section, except that the article shall continue to apply in…
- § 6332 For a person committed as a mentally disordered sex offender, whose term of commitment has been extended pursuant to former Section 6316.2, and who is placed…
ARTICLE 2. Persons with Intellectual Disabilities §§ 6500–6513 · 16 sections
- § 6500 (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Dangerousness to self or others” shall include, but not be limited to, a finding…
- § 6501 If a person is charged with a violent felony, as described in Section 667.5 of the Penal Code, and the individual has been committed to the State Department of…
- § 6502 A petition for the commitment of a person with a developmental disability to the State Department of Developmental Services who has been found incompetent to…
- § 6503 The court shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition. The time for the hearing shall be set no more than 60 days after the filing of the…
- § 6504 In all cases the court shall require due notice of the hearing of the petition to be given to the person alleged to have a developmental disability. Whenever a…
- § 6504.5 (a) Wherever a petition is filed pursuant to this article, the court shall appoint the director of a regional center for the developmentally disabled…
- § 6505 Whenever the court considers it necessary or advisable, it may cause an order to issue for the apprehension and delivery to the court of the person alleged to…
- § 6506 Pending the hearing, the court may order that the alleged dangerous person alleged to have a developmental disability may be left in the charge of his or her…
- § 6507 The court shall inquire into the condition or status of the person alleged to have a developmental disability. For this purpose it may by subpoena require the…
- § 6508 Each psychologist and physician shall receive for each attendance mentioned in Section 6507 the sum of five dollars ($5) for each person examined, together…
- § 6509 (a) If the court finds that the person has a developmental disability, and is a danger to self or to others, or is in acute crisis, as defined in paragraph (1)…
- § 6510 In case of the dismissal of the petition, the court may, if it considers the petition to have been filed with malicious intent, order the petitioner to pay the…
- § 6510.5 Under no circumstances shall the court order placement of a person described in this article or a dangerous person committed pursuant to Section 1370.1 of the…
- § 6511 Any person who knowingly contrives to have any person adjudged to have a developmental disability under the provisions of this article, unlawfully or…
- § 6512 If, when a boy or girl is brought before a juvenile court under the juvenile court law, it appears to the court, either before or after adjudication, that the…
- § 6513 (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall pay for the costs, as defined in this section, of judicial proceedings, including commitment,…
ARTICLE 3. Juvenile Court Wards §§ 6550–6552 · 3 sections
- § 6550 If the juvenile court, after finding that the minor is a person described by Section 300, 601, or 602, is in doubt concerning the state of mental health or the…
- § 6551 (a) If the court is in doubt as to whether the person has a mental health disorder or an intellectual disability, the court shall order the person to be taken…
- § 6552 A minor who has been declared to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court may, with the advice of counsel, make voluntary application for inpatient or…
ARTICLE 4. Sexually Violent Predators §§ 6600–6609.3 · 29 sections
- § 6600 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Sexually violent predator” means a person who has been convicted of a…
- § 6600.05 (a) Coalinga State Hospital shall be used whenever a person is committed to a secure facility for mental health treatment pursuant to this article and is…
- § 6600.1 If the victim of an underlying offense that is specified in subdivision (b) of Section 6600 is a child under the age of 14, the offense shall constitute a…
- § 6601 (a) (1) When the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation determines that an individual who is in custody under the jurisdiction of the…
- § 6601.3 (a) Upon a showing of good cause, the Board of Parole Hearings may order that a person referred to the State Department of State Hospitals pursuant to…
- § 6601.5 Upon filing of the petition and a request for review under this section, a judge of the superior court shall review the petition and determine whether the…
- § 6602 (a) A judge of the superior court shall review the petition and shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the individual named in the…
- § 6602.5 (a) No person may be placed in a state hospital pursuant to the provisions of this article until there has been a determination pursuant to Section 6601.3 or…
- § 6603 (a) A person subject to this article is entitled to a trial by jury, to the assistance of counsel, to the right to retain experts or professional persons to…
- § 6603.3 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no attorney may disclose or permit to be disclosed to a person subject to this article, family members of the…
- § 6603.5 No employee or agent of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Board of Parole Hearings, or the State Department of State Hospitals shall…
- § 6603.7 (a) Except as provided in Section 6603.3, the court, at the request of the victim of a sex offense relevant in a proceeding under this article, may order the…
- § 6604 The court or jury shall determine whether, beyond a reasonable doubt, the person is a sexually violent predator. If the court or jury is not satisfied beyond a…
- § 6604.1 (a) The indeterminate term of commitment provided for in Section 6604 shall commence on the date upon which the court issues the initial order of commitment…
- § 6604.9 (a) A person found to be a sexually violent predator and committed to the custody of the State Department of State Hospitals shall have a current examination…
- § 6605 (a) (1) The court, upon receiving a petition for unconditional discharge, shall order a show cause hearing at which the court can consider the petition and any…
- § 6606 (a) A person who is committed under this article shall be provided with programming by the State Department of State Hospitals which shall afford the person…
- § 6607 (a) If the Director of State Hospitals determines that the person’s diagnosed mental disorder has so changed that the person is not likely to commit acts of…
- § 6608 (a) A person who has been committed as a sexually violent predator shall be permitted to petition the court for conditional release with or without the…
- § 6608.1 A person who is released on outpatient status or granted conditional release pursuant to this article shall be monitored by a global positioning system (GPS)…
- § 6608.5 (a) After a judicial determination that a person would not be a danger to the health and safety of others in that it is not likely that the person will engage…
- § 6608.6 (a) A court may make a finding of extraordinary circumstances only after the committed person’s county of domicile has petitioned the court to make this…
- § 6608.7 The State Department of State Hospitals may enter into an interagency agreement or contract with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or with local…
- § 6608.8 (a) For any person who is proposed for community outpatient treatment under the forensic conditional release program, the department shall provide to the court…
- § 6608.9 (a) On or before January 1, 2027, the State Department of State Hospitals shall conduct an analysis of the benefits and feasibility of establishing…
- § 6609 Within 10 days of a request made by the chief of police of a city or the sheriff of a county, the State Department of State Hospitals shall provide the…
- § 6609.1 (a) (1) When the State Department of State Hospitals makes a recommendation to the court for community outpatient treatment for any person committed as a…
- § 6609.2 (a) When any sheriff or chief of police is notified by the State Department of State Hospitals of its recommendation to the court concerning the disposition of…
- § 6609.3 (a) At the time a notice is sent pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6609.1, the sheriff, chief of police, or district attorney notified of the…
CHAPTER 3. Expense of Detention or Proceedings Concerning Commitments §§ 6715–6717 · 3 sections
ARTICLE 4. Persons with Intellectual Disabilities §§ 6715–6717 · 3 sections
- § 6715 The court shall inquire into the financial condition of the parent, guardian, or other person charged with the support of a person committed as having an…
- § 6716 In any case in which the probation officer is charged with the duty of collecting amounts payable to the county under this article, upon the verified…
- § 6717 The cost necessarily incurred in determining whether a person is a fit subject for commitment and securing his or her commitment, is a charge upon the county…
CHAPTER 4. Execution of Commitment Orders §§ 6740–6751 · 4 sections
ARTICLE 4. Persons with Intellectual Disabilities §§ 6740–6741 · 2 sections
- § 6740 The court shall attach to the order of commitment of a person with an intellectual disability its findings and conclusions, together with all the social and…
- § 6741 The sheriff or probation officer, whichever is designated by the court, may execute the order of commitment with respect to a person with an intellectual…
ARTICLE 5. Medical Examiners §§ 6750–6751 · 2 sections
- § 6750 The superior court judge of each county may grant certificates in accordance with the form prescribed by the State Department of State Hospitals, showing that…
- § 6751 The department shall keep in its office a record showing the name, residence, and certificate of each duly qualified medical examiner. Immediately upon the…
CHAPTER 6. Counselors in Mental Health §§ 6775–6779 · 5 sections
- § 6775 The office of counselor in mental health may be created in any county in this state by the board of supervisors thereof. The counselors in mental health to…
- § 6776 In each county where the office of counselor in mental health has been created under the provisions of this chapter, the judge of the superior court may…
- § 6777 The term of office of the counselors in mental health shall be during the pleasure of the court, and they may at any time be removed by the court in its…
- § 6778 The counselor in mental health may perform such services as are designated by the county. Every counselor, assistant counselor, and deputy counselor in mental…
- § 6779 Wherever in this code or in any other statute reference is made to psychopathic probation officers, such reference shall be deemed to mean and refer to the…
CHAPTER 7. Duties of Peace Officers § 6800 · 1 section
- § 6800 All peace officers and other persons having similar duties relating to judicially committed poor persons shall see that all poor and indigent committed persons…
CHAPTER 8. Mentally Disordered Persons Charged With Crime § 6825 · 1 section
- § 6825 The procedures for handling persons with mental health disorders who are charged with the commission of public offenses are provided for in Section 1026 of the…