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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
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DATE: October 18, 1984 County
SUBJECT: Policy and Procedure to Initiate 72-Hour Psychiatric Holds
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt the recommended policy and procedure and authorize the Mental Health Director
to implement the policy, including asking the administrators of presently designated
facilities and designated individuals whether they wish to reapply for designation
and return his recommendations on these applications to the Board.
BACKGROUND:
Under the Board's current policy on designation of facilities and individuals who are
authorized to initiate 72-hour psychiatric holds (5150's) , every physician, surgeon,
clinical psychologist, and marriage counselor licensed to practice in California is
authorized to initiate such holds. The Mental Health Director feels this is far too
broad a designation and can lead to his having little or no control over the policies
and procedures under which such holds are issued. The recommended change to this
policy requires each individual who wishes this authority and each facility which
wishes this authority to follow a prescribed application process. The actual
designation will continue to be made by the Board of Supervisors on the recommendation
of the Mental Health Director. This substantially tighter policy should give greater
control over the use of 5150 authority, and will allow the Mental Health Director to
better regulate its use.
Eventually, the existing Resolution 83/826, as amended by Resolution 83/1051 , will be
superseded, but it needs to remain in effect until sufficient individuals and
facilities have been designated under the new policy.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: �', c � /iV:.i_"Z
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_ APPROVE - / OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) �G'V:L•2�P
ACTION OF BOARD ON C+�"`�` a 23, 1984 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED - OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
County Administrator OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. 0129
CC: County Counsel ATTESTED Octob er 23 , 1984
Mental Health Director
Health Services Director Phil Batchelor Clerk of the Board of
Gurervisors and County Administrator
M382/7•83 BY —, DEPUTY