Detention of Individuals Under the Influence of Alcohol for Evaluation and Treatment
Known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
The act spans §§ 5000–5550 (263 sections).
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.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.