I.-A person undergoing psychiatric care pursuant to Chapters II and III of this Title or Article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is said to be in psychiatric care without consent.
The person is cared for :
1° Either in the form of full hospitalisation in an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 of the present code ;
2° Or in any other form, which may include outpatient care, home care provided by an establishment mentioned in the same article L. 3222-1, part-time stays or short-term full-time stays in an establishment mentioned in the said article L. 3222-1.
II – When care takes the form provided for in 2° of I, a care programme is drawn up by a psychiatrist from the host establishment and may only be modified, in order to take account of changes in the patient’s state of health, under the same conditions. The care programme defines the types of care, their frequency and the places where they are to be provided, under conditions determined by decree by the Conseil d’Etat.
In order to draw up and modify the care programme, the psychiatrist of the receiving establishment will obtain the patient’s opinion during an interview during which he will give the patient the information provided for in article L. 3211-3 and inform him of the provisions of III of this article and those of article L. 3211-11.
III – No coercive measure may be implemented with regard to a patient cared for in the manner provided for in 2° of I.