HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09102004 - 71-385 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Re : Lantern an--Petris--Short Act ; )
Designating Facilities , Agencies , ) RESOLUTION No- 71/ 385
Professional & Other Persons, )
Investi ators and Conservators. ) (W &T . Code; §§5000' ff)
the Contra Costa CountyBeard of Supervisors RESOLVES;, THAT:
I . Pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (Division 5
[Secs 5000 ff'] of the Welfare and Institutions Code ) , this Board
hereby rescinds its Resolutions Nos. 69/401 , '69/603, 69/857 , 70/150,
and 71/276, and makes the following designations and statements .
11. Facilities . Pursuant to §§5150, 5170, _5225/5230/5654 . 5,
5250, and 57-0, the following are designated as facilities (A) for
72-hour treatment , intensive treatment , and evaluation for mentally
disordered ,pers>ons (§§5150, ;5352) and inebriates (§5170) , (B) for
evaluation, comprehensive evaluation,, detention, involuntary
treatment , and/or intensive treatment of chronic alcoholics , drug
users,, and/or gravely disabled persons ( §5225/5230/5654 . 5, 5352) ,
(C) for intensive treatment for an initial 14-day period (§5250) and
an additional 14-day period ` (§5260) ., (1)' the Contra Costa County
Hospital, as to which the Bard ' states (pursuant to 55176) that
there exists therein (and in this County) facilities suitable for
the care and treatment of inebriates, (2) The Naps. State Hospital
at Imola (§§410:0, 7200) , this designation being limited to Clause
(C) above; and (3) U.S. Veterans Administration Hospitals in Calif-
ornia, for eligible veterans, including post--certification treatment
pursuant to §5304 .
III. Agencies , Person , & Investi ators. Pursuant to §§5008(g)/
5351, 5201.-5202, and 5355, the following are designated as agencies
for the following functions: (1,) the County 'Social Service Department
is the agency, and its employees are, the persons', to provide conser-
vatorship investigation (§§5008 (9)/5351) ,' and in ;connection therewith
it may contract (through the County) with other public agencies (such
as the Community Services Division of the State Dept . of Social Wel-
fare ) in order to obtain persons most skilled in this type of work,;
(2) The County Hospital is the agency, and its staff are the persons ,
to provide 'pre-petition screening and to prepare and file petitions
for evaluation (§52071.--5202) , and the Medical Director is responsible
for administering these ,matters and he shall make the designations re-
ferred to
e-ferred 'to in §55151, 5208 , 5228 '& 5251; and (3) The County's Social
Service and Probation Depts . and Public Administrator--Guardian are
the agencies , officers and/car employees which may be appointed
conservator (§5355) .
IV. Professional & Other Personas . Pursuant to §§5150 and 51.70,
the following are designated as the professional persons and other
persons referred to in these sections for taking (or causing to be
taken) into custody and placement of mentally disordered persons
(§5150) and. inebriates (`§5170) : (1 ) All physicians and surgeons,,
clinical psychologists and marriage counselors , licensed to practice
in California: (2) all physicians employed by' the ' U.S. Veteran
Administration in California, and (3) Robert S. Wymer, Troy G Grove,
and Ruth I Walker, of the County Social Service Dept .
V. Conservators. Pursuant to §5355, the County' s Social Service
and Probation Depts. and Public Administrator--Guardian (arid/or any
officers or employees thereof) , ,are designated as suitable agencies,
officers, and employees to serve as conservators.'
PASSED AND ADOPTED on June 1 , 1971. I certify that this is a true copy
VJW:Ip of the Board' s official record of
its action taken as indicated here.
RESOLUTION NO. _ 71/ b5 Dated : June 15, 1,971 ' W.T. PAASCH
County Clerk, ex officio Board Clerk
By Deputy
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