Nothing in this article shall prohibit the professional person in charge of a treatment facility, or his or her designee, from permitting a person certified for intensive treatment to leave the facility for short periods during the person’s involuntary additional treatment.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5259
Certification for Intensive Treatment
Known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
The act spans §§ 5000 to 5550 (263 sections).
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1598, Sec. 4.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.