I.-If a psychiatrist involved in the patient’s care certifies in a medical certificate that a psychiatric care measure in the form of full hospitalisation is no longer necessary and that the care measure without consent can be lifted or that the patient can be cared for in the form mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 3211-2-1, the director of the host establishment will refer the matter within twenty-four…
For the application of this chapter in Paris, the representative of the State in the department is the Prefect of Police.
The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined as necessary by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
I.- Prisoners suffering from mental disorders receive psychiatric care with their consent. When detainees in unrestricted psychiatric care require full-time hospitalisation, this is carried out in a healthcare establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 within a specially equipped hospital unit. II – When their mental disorders make it impossible for them to consent, detainees may be subject to psychiatric care without consent in application of article L. 3214-3. Prisoners admitted…
Articles L. 3211-3, L. 3211-4, L. 3211-6, L. 3211-8, L. 3211-9, L. 3211-12 to L. 3211-12-4 and L. 3211-12-6 apply to prisoners hospitalised on account of their mental disorder, subject to the restrictions made necessary by their status as prisoners or, in the case of persons undergoing treatment pursuant to article L. 3214-3, by their state of health. When the liberty and custody judge orders, in application of articles L….
When a detainee requires immediate in-patient care and constant supervision due to a mental disorder that makes consent impossible and constitutes a danger to himself or to others, the Préfet de Police in Paris or the State representative in the département in which the detainee’s prison is located issues an order, on the basis of a detailed medical certificate, admitting the detainee to psychiatric care in the form of full…
The procedures for the custody, escort and transport of prisoners hospitalised due to their mental disorder are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
The following offences are punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €15,000 1° For the director of an establishment referred to in article L. 3222-1 to maintain the psychiatric care measure of which a person is the subject, whatever the form, when the lifting of the measure is ordered by the representative of the State in the department or, in Paris, the police prefect in application of article…
The director of an establishment referred to in Article L. 3222-1 is liable to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €7,500 if he or she: 1° Admit a person to psychiatric care pursuant to 1° of II of article L. 3212-1 without having obtained the request for admission to care and the medical certificates provided for by the same 1° ; 2° Admitting a person to psychiatric care in…
It is punishable by six months imprisonment and a fine of €7,500 for a doctor in an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 to refuse or omit to draw up, within the prescribed time limits, the medical certificates for which he/she is responsible under articles L. 3211-2-2, L. 3212-7, L. 3213-1 and L. 3213-3.
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