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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5208

Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons with a Mental Health Condition

Known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act

The act spans §§ 5000 to 5550 (263 sections).

Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.

As promptly as possible, a copy of the petition and the order for evaluation shall be personally served on the person to be evaluated and the professional person in charge of the facility for treatment and evaluation named in the order, or his designee.

If the person to be evaluated fails to appear for an evaluation at the time designated in the order, the professional person in charge, or his designee, shall notify the person who served the order to have the person to be evaluated detained pursuant to the order.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.