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WIC § 5696.2

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
  2. DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]
  3. PART 2. THE BRONZAN-MCCORQUODALE ACT [5600. - 5772.]
  4. CHAPTER 2.5. Program Initiatives [5670. - 5698.]
  5. ARTICLE 6. Regional Facilities for Wards with Serious Emotional Disturbance [5695. - 5697.5.]

No ward shall be admitted to any regional facility described in this chapter who meets any of the following criteria:

(a) The ward has a primary substance abuse problem.

(b) The ward has a primary developmental disability.

(c) The ward requires an acute psychiatric hospital setting.

(d) The ward can benefit from or requires a level of treatment or confinement not provided at the facility.

(e) The ward suffers from a medical condition which requires ongoing nursing and medical care, beyond the level that the program can provide.

(f) The ward is under conservatorship established pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350) of this part.

Collected 2026-09-14T05:56:33Z. Source file · JSON

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