Walk It Through: The Evaluation Hold
An emergency examination, a physician within two hours, and 120 hours at most.
A peace officer personally sees conduct that gives reasonable grounds to believe a person is severely mentally disabled and in need of immediate treatment.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One emergency examination begun by a peace officer. The physician's certification and warrant routes, extended treatment, the hearings that follow, and the rule against a new application on old behavior 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.