{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-5696.2","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 5696.2","heading":"","body":"No ward shall be admitted to any regional facility described in this chapter who meets any of the following criteria:\n(a) The ward has a primary substance abuse problem.\n(b) The ward has a primary developmental disability.\n(c) The ward requires an acute psychiatric hospital setting.\n(d) The ward can benefit from or requires a level of treatment or confinement not provided at the facility.\n(e) The ward suffers from a medical condition which requires ongoing nursing and medical care, beyond the level that the program can provide.\n(f) The ward is under conservatorship established pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350) of this part.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]","PART 2. THE BRONZAN-MCCORQUODALE ACT [5600. - 5772.]","CHAPTER 2.5. Program Initiatives [5670. - 5698.]","ARTICLE 6. Regional Facilities for Wards with Serious Emotional Disturbance [5695. - 5697.5.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"4e97f10448b0fb907b0330c442870761769d4eeea4a26615944aa66e8b2687b6","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-5696","next":"us-ca/wic-5696.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}