Section 1610 Of Title 15. Outpatient Status For Mentally Disordered And Developmentally Disabled Offenders From California Penal Code >> Title 15. >> Part 2.
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. (a) Upon the filing of a request for revocation under Section
1608 or 1609 and pending the court's decision on revocation, the
person subject to revocation may be confined in a facility designated
by the community program director when it is the opinion of that
director that the person will now be a danger to self or to another
while on outpatient status and that to delay confinement until the
revocation hearing would pose an imminent risk of harm to the person
or to another. The facility so designated shall continue the patient'
s program of treatment, shall provide adequate security so as to
ensure both the safety of the person and the safety of others in the
facility, and shall, to the extent possible, minimize interference
with the person's program of treatment. Upon the request of the
community program director or a designee, a peace officer shall take,
or cause to be taken, the person into custody and transport the
person to a facility designated by the community program director for
confinement under this section. Within one judicial day after the
person is confined in a jail under this section, the community
program director shall apply in writing to the court for
authorization to confine the person pending the hearing under Section
1608 or Section 1609 or subdivision (c). The application shall be in
the form of a declaration, and shall specify the behavior or other
reason justifying the confinement of the person in a jail. Upon
receipt of the application for confinement, the court shall consider
and rule upon it, and if the court authorizes detention in a jail,
the court shall actually serve copies of all orders and all documents
filed by the community program director upon the prosecuting and
defense counsel. The community program director shall notify the
court in writing of the confinement of the person and of the factual
basis for the opinion that the immediate confinement in a jail was
necessary. The court shall supply a copy of these documents to the
prosecutor and defense counsel.
(b) The facility designated by the community program director may
be a state hospital, a local treatment facility, a county jail, or
any other appropriate facility, so long as the facility can continue
the person's program of treatment, provide adequate security, and
minimize interference with the person's program of treatment. If the
facility designated by the community program director is a county
jail, the patient shall be separated from the general population of
the jail. In the case of a sexually violent predator, as defined in
Section 6600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, who is held
pending civil process under the sexually violent predator laws, the
person may be housed as provided by Section 4002. The designated
facility need not be approved for 72-hour treatment and evaluation
pursuant to the provisions of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (Part 1
(commencing with Section 5000) of Division 5 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code); however, a county jail may not be designated
unless the services specified above are provided, and accommodations
are provided which ensure both the safety of the person and the
safety of the general population of the jail. Within three judicial
days of the patient's confinement in a jail, the community program
director shall report to the court regarding what type of treatment
the patient is receiving in the facility. If there is evidence that
the treatment program is not being complied with, or accommodations
have not been provided which ensure both the safety of the committed
person and the safety of the general population of the jail, the
court shall order the person transferred to an appropriate facility,
including an appropriate state hospital. Nothing in this subdivision
shall be construed as authorizing jail facilities to operate as
health facilities, as defined in Section 1250 of the Health and
Safety Code, without complying with applicable requirements of law.
(c) A person confined under this section shall have the right to
judicial review of his or her confinement in a jail under this
section in a manner similar to that which is prescribed in Article 5
(commencing with Section 5275) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 5
of the Welfare and Institutions Code and to an explanation of rights
in the manner prescribed in Section 5325 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
Nothing in this section shall prevent hospitalization pursuant to
the provisions of Section 5150, 5250, 5350, or 5353 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code.
(d) A person whose confinement in a treatment facility under
Section 1608 or 1609 is approved by the court shall not be released
again to outpatient status unless court approval is obtained under
Section 1602 or 1603.