Walk It Through: The Evaluation Hold
Custody on probable cause, an examination at once, and the limits on a hold.
On a bridge at night, a person in crisis is approached by a police officer.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One crisis and one hold. The commitment hearing itself, diversion from commitment, the standards for commitment and holds a program director orders are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Custody for an evaluationA peace officer taking into custody a person the officer has probable cause to believe is a danger to self or others and in need of immediate care, custody or treatment for mental illness, and taking the person to an approved hospital or nonhospital facility as the community mental health program director directs.
- Licensed independent practitionerThe professional who examines a person brought in by a peace officer, immediately, and who, if unrelated to the person, may detain and admit the person, or approve emergency care at a nonhospital facility, on finding a danger to self or others in need of emergency care.