Chapter V: Saint-Barthélemy

I.-When a request for a person to be admitted for psychiatric care has been submitted under the conditions provided for in 1° of II of article L. 3212-1 or when an imminent danger to the person’s health has been established under the conditions provided for in 2° of the same II, the State representative will, with a view to admitting the person into psychiatric care, issue an order for the…

In the event of imminent danger to the patient’s health or to the safety of persons, certified by a medical opinion, the representative of the State in Saint-Barthélemy will take all necessary provisional measures to supervise a person whose behaviour reveals obvious mental disorder with a view to their possible transfer to an establishment located in Saint-Martin, Guadeloupe or Martinique and authorised to treat persons suffering from mental disorder in…

The medical transfer is carried out at the administration’s expense using either a national navy ship, or a ship or aircraft chartered by the representative of the State in Saint-Barthélemy. The latter takes all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the mentally ill person, other persons and property during this transfer.

Before the person concerned arrives in the host local authority, the State representative in Saint-Barthélemy will send the transfer order and the medical and administrative documents mentioned in article L. 3251-1 to the State representative in the host local authority.

I.-In the event that the health transfer order has been issued on the basis of I of article L. 3251-1, the State representative in the host community will transfer the person concerned, upon arrival, to an establishment authorised to treat people suffering from mental disorders and the psychiatric care admission procedure provided for in article L. 3212-1 will be implemented, in accordance with the regulations applicable locally. II – In…

I.-When the psychiatric care measure decided in application of 1° or 2° of II of article L. 3212-1 is terminated, the director of the host establishment notifies the representative of the State in Saint-Barthélemy, the family of the person concerned and, where applicable, the person making the request. II – When the representative of the State in the host community refrains from taking a psychiatric care measure decided upon in…