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Article L3212-8 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

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…

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Article L3212-9 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

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…

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Article L3212-11 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

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…

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Article L3213-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

I.-The representative of the State in the département issues an order, in the light of a detailed medical certificate that cannot come from a psychiatrist practising in the host establishment, for the admission into psychiatric care of persons whose mental disorders require care and compromise personal safety or seriously undermine public order. Prefectoral orders are reasoned and state precisely the circumstances that made the admission necessary. They designate the establishment…

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Article L3213-2 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

In the event of imminent danger to personal safety, as certified by a medical opinion, the mayor and, in Paris, the police commissioners shall take all necessary provisional measures with regard to persons whose behaviour reveals manifest mental disorder, on condition that they refer the matter within twenty-four hours to the representative of the State in the département, who shall take a decision without delay and, if necessary, issue an…

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Article L3213-3 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

I.-In the month following the admission to psychiatric care decided upon in application of this chapter or resulting from the decision mentioned in article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and at least every month thereafter, the patient will be examined by a psychiatrist from the host establishment who will draw up a detailed medical certificate confirming or refuting, if necessary, the observations contained in the previous certificates and…

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Article L3213-4 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

In the last three days of the first month following the decision to admit the patient to the psychiatric care referred to in I of article L. 3213-1 or, where applicable, following the provisional measure referred to in article L. 3213-2, the State representative in the département may decide, in the light of the medical certificate or medical opinion referred to in article L. 3213-3, to maintain the care measure…

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Article L3213-5-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

The representative of the State in the département may at any time order the psychiatric assessment of persons subject to a psychiatric care measure ordered in application of this chapter or chapter IV of this title or ordered in application of article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This expert assessment is carried out by a psychiatrist who does not belong to the institution in which the patient is…

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Article L3213-6 of the French Public Health Code

November 7, 2023

When a psychiatrist in the institution receiving a person undergoing psychiatric care pursuant to article L. 3212-1 certifies in a medical certificate or, when it is not possible to examine the person concerned, in a medical opinion based on his or her medical file, that the mental state of this person requires care and compromises the safety of individuals or seriously affects public order, the director of the host establishment…

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