Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

I.-A person suffering from a mental disorder may only be the subject of psychiatric care on the decision of the director of an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 when the following two conditions are met: 1° Their mental disorder makes it impossible for them to give their consent; 2° Their mental state requires immediate care with either constant medical supervision justifying full hospitalisation, or regular medical supervision justifying care…

Before admitting a person for psychiatric care in application of article L. 3212-1, the director of the receiving establishment checks the person’s identity. When the person is admitted in application of 1° of II of the same article L. 3212-1, the director of the establishment also checks that the request for care has been drawn up in accordance with the same 1° and ascertains the identity of the person making…

In an emergency, where there is a serious risk of harm to the patient, the director of an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 may, exceptionally, at the request of a third party, admit a patient to psychiatric care on the basis of a single medical certificate issued, where applicable, by a doctor practising in the establishment. In this case, the medical certificates mentioned in the second and third paragraphs…

When one of the two medical certificates mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 3211-2-2 concludes that the person’s condition no longer justifies the care measure, the director of the host establishment immediately orders the measure to be lifted. If the two medical certificates conclude that it is necessary to continue the care, the director of the establishment decides to continue the care for a period of…

I.-The director of the reception facility shall immediately forward to the State representative in the department or, in Paris, to the police prefect, and to the departmental commission for psychiatric care mentioned in article L. 3222-5 any decision to admit a person for psychiatric care in application of this chapter. It shall also immediately forward to this commission a copy of the medical certificate of admission, the entry form and…

At the end of the first period of psychiatric care ordered in application of the second paragraph of article L. 3212-4, the care may be continued by the director of the establishment for periods of one month, renewable in accordance with the procedures laid down in this article. In the last three days of each of the periods mentioned in the first paragraph, a psychiatrist from the host establishment will…

Without prejudice to the provisions mentioned in article L. 3212-7, the care measure taken in application of article L. 3212-1 or article L. 3212-3 is terminated as soon as a psychiatrist from the establishment certifies that the conditions which justified this measure are no longer met and makes a note of this in the register provided for in article L. 3212-11. This detailed certificate must mention the evolution or disappearance…

The director of the establishment decides to lift the psychiatric care measure when this is requested : 1° By the departmental psychiatric care commission mentioned in article L. 3222-5 ; 2° By one of the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of 2° of II of article L. 3212-1. In the case referred to in 2° of this article, the director of the establishment is not obliged to grant this…

In each establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 , a register is kept in which the following are transcribed or reproduced within twenty-four hours: 1° The surname, first names, profession, age and place of residence of persons undergoing care in application of this chapter ; 2° The date of admission for psychiatric care; 3° The surname, forenames, profession and place of residence of the person requesting the care or a…

The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined as necessary by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.