In the last three days of the first month following the decision to admit the patient to the psychiatric care referred to in I of article L. 3213-1 or, where applicable, following the provisional measure referred to in article L. 3213-2, the State representative in the département may decide, in the light of the medical certificate or medical opinion referred to in article L. 3213-3, to maintain the care measure for a further three months. If necessary, it may decide on the form of the patient’s care under the conditions set out in the same article L. 3213-3. Beyond this period, the care measure may be maintained by the State representative in the department for periods of up to six months, renewable under the same conditions.
In the absence of a decision by the State representative at the end of each of the periods provided for in the first paragraph, the care measure is lifted.
In addition, the State representative in the département may at any time terminate the care measure taken in application of article L. 3213-1 following the opinion of a psychiatrist involved in the patient’s care, certifying that the conditions that justified the care measure in application of the same article L. 3213-1 are no longer met, or on the recommendation of the département psychiatric care commission mentioned in article L. 3222-5.
This article does not apply to the persons mentioned in II of article L. 3211-12.