Section 1001.21 Of Chapter 2.8. Diversion Of Defendants With Cognitive Developmental Disabilities From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.8.
1001.21
. (a) This chapter shall apply whenever a case is before any
court upon an accusatory pleading at any stage of the criminal
proceedings, for any person who has been evaluated by a regional
center for the developmentally disabled and who is determined to be a
person with a cognitive developmental disability by the regional
center, and who therefore is eligible for its services.
(b) This chapter applies to any offense which is charged as or
reduced to a misdemeanor, except that diversion shall not be ordered
when the defendant previously has been diverted under this chapter
within two years prior to the present criminal proceedings.
(c) This chapter shall apply to persons who have a condition
described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section
1001.20 only if that person was a client of a regional center at the
time of the offense for which he or she is charged.