Article L3824-1 of the French Public Health Code
I.-When a request for admission to 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 patient’s health has been established under the conditions provided for in 2° of the same II, the State representative shall, with a view to admitting the patient into psychiatric care, issue an order for the patient’s medical transfer to…