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Article L3213-7 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

When the judicial authorities consider that the mental state of a person who has benefited, on the basis of the first paragraph of article 122-1 of the French Criminal Code, from a decision to discontinue proceedings, a decision that the person is not criminally irresponsible or a judgment or ruling declaring that the person is not criminally irresponsible requires care and compromises the safety of individuals or seriously undermines public…

Article L3213-8 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

I.- If the panel mentioned in article L. 3211-9 issues an opinion to the effect that the measure of psychiatric care in the form of full hospitalisation to which a person mentioned in II of article L. 3211-12 is subject is no longer necessary and that the measure of care without consent can be lifted, the State representative in the department shall order an expert assessment of the person’s mental…

Article L3213-9 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

Within twenty-four hours of any admission for psychiatric care taken in application of this chapter or chapter IV of this title or on the basis of a court order, of any decision to maintain this measure and of any lifting of this measure, the State representative in the department will notify : 1° The Public Prosecutor of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the institution receiving the patient is located…

Article L3213-9-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

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…

Article L3213-10 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

For the application of this chapter in Paris, the representative of the State in the department is the Prefect of Police.

Article L3213-11 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

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

Article L3214-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

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…

Article L3214-2 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

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….

Article L3214-3 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

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…

Article L3214-5 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

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.

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Article L3213-7 of the French Public Health Code

Article L3213-8 of the French Public Health Code

Article L3213-9 of the French Public Health Code

Article L3213-9-1 of the French Public Health Code

Article L3213-10 of the French Public Health Code

Article L3213-11 of the French Public Health Code

Article L3214-1 of the French Public Health Code

Article L3214-2 of the French Public Health Code

Article L3214-3 of the French Public Health Code

Article L3214-5 of the French Public Health Code

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