Any minor detained under the provisions of Section 5585.50 shall receive a clinical evaluation consisting of multidisciplinary professional analyses of the minor’s medical, psychological, developmental, educational, social, financial, and legal conditions as may appear to constitute a problem. This evaluation shall include a psychosocial evaluation of the family or living environment, or both. Persons providing evaluation services shall be properly qualified professionals with training or supervised experience, or both, in the diagnosis and treatment of minors. Every effort shall be made to involve the minor’s parent or legal guardian in the clinical evaluation.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5585.52
Civil Commitment of Minors
Known as the Children’s Civil Commitment and Mental Health Treatment Act
The act spans §§ 5585–5585 (13 sections).
Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1202, Sec. 2.
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