California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5304

WIC § 5304 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)The court shall remand a person named in the petition for postcertification treatment to the custody of the State Department of State Hospitals or to a licensed health facility designated by the county of residence of that person for a further period of intensive treatment, not to exceed 180 days from the date of court judgment, if the court or jury finds that the person named in the petition for postcertification treatment has done any of the following:

(1)Attempted, inflicted, or made a serious threat of substantial physical harm upon the person of another after having been taken into custody, and while in custody, for evaluation and treatment, and who, as a result of mental health disorder, presents a demonstrated danger of inflicting substantial physical harm upon others.

(2)Attempted or inflicted physical harm upon the person of another, that act having resulted in his or her being taken into custody, and who, as a result of mental health disorder, presents a demonstrated danger of inflicting substantial physical harm upon others.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 91. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.