Members of Parliament and senators as well as representatives to the European Parliament elected in France are authorised to visit the health care organisations mentioned in article L. 3222-1 at any time.
Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 3222-4, in each department a departmental commission for psychiatric care is responsible for examining the situation of persons admitted for psychiatric care pursuant to Chapters II to IV of Title I of this Book or article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with regard to respect for individual freedoms and the dignity of persons.
I.- Seclusion and restraint are practices of last resort and may only be used on patients in full hospitalisation without consent. They may only be used to prevent immediate or imminent harm to the patient or others, on the basis of a reasoned decision by a psychiatrist and only in a manner that is appropriate, necessary and proportionate to the risk, after assessment of the patient. Their implementation must be…
The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined as necessary by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
The commission provided for in article L. 3222-5 : 1° Is informed, under the conditions laid down in Chapters II and III of Title I of this Book, of any decision to admit a person to psychiatric care, of any renewal of this decision and of any decision terminating this care ; 2° Receives complaints from persons undergoing psychiatric care pursuant to Chapters II to IV of Title I of…
The committee provided for in article L. 3222-5 is made up of : 1° Two psychiatrists, one appointed by the public prosecutor at the court of appeal, the other by the representative of the State in the department ; 2° (Repealed) ; 3° Two representatives of approved associations of patients and families of people with mental disorders, appointed by the State representative in the department; 4° A general practitioner appointed…
The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined as necessary by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
For the application of this book to Saint-Martin, in article L. 3222-5, the words: “in each department a departmental commission” are replaced by the words: “a territorial commission”.
The Saint-Martin Territorial Commission for Psychiatric Hospitalisation is made up of : 1° A psychiatrist or, failing that, a doctor with knowledge and experience in psychiatry appointed by the public prosecutor at the Basse-Terre Court of Appeal; 2° (Repealed) ; 3° Two representatives of approved associations of patients and families of persons suffering from mental disorders, or, failing this, two qualified persons, appointed by the State representative; 4° A general…
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…
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