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Article R3211-24 of the French Public Health Code

The referral is accompanied by the documents provided for in article R. 3211-12 as well as the reasoned opinion provided for in II of article L. 3211-12-1 . This opinion describes in detail the manifestations of the mental disorder suffered by the person who is the subject of psychiatric care and the particular circumstances, both of which make it necessary to continue full hospitalisation in the light of the conditions…

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Article R3211-26 of the French Public Health Code

The director of the establishment communicates by any means the opinion of the psychiatrist on the need to continue full hospitalisation as provided for in article L. 3211-12-4. The Court of Appeal hearing an order declaring the release from full hospitalisation in application of the second paragraph of IV of article L. 3211-12-1 may raise the matter when the conditions provided for by these provisions have not been met.

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Article R3211-28 of the French Public Health Code

When it comes from the person who is the subject of psychiatric care, the application may be lodged with the secretariat of the host institution. The request for legal action may also be made by an oral statement taken by the director of the institution, who will draw up a report containing the information provided for in article R. 3211-10, dated and signed by himself and the person concerned. If…

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Article R3211-29 of the French Public Health Code

When the liberty and custody judge decides to refer the matter to himself pursuant to the last paragraph of I of article L. 3211-12, he shall give the person undergoing psychiatric care, his lawyer as soon as he has been appointed and, where applicable, the person in charge of the legal protection measure relating to the person or his legal representatives if he is a minor, the third party who…

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Article R3211-31 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The information provided for in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 3222-5-1 concerning the renewal of a seclusion or restraint measure is delivered without delay and by any means that enables a date to be given as being certain of its receipt by the director of the establishment to the liberty and custody judge, as soon as the measure reaches a cumulative duration of forty-eight hours of seclusion…

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Article R3211-31-1 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The information provided for in the first paragraph of II of article L. 3222-5-1 of the renewal of a seclusion or restraint measure is given by any means by the doctor in the cases mentioned in I and II of article R. 3211-31, to at least one member of the patient’s family, giving priority to the patient’s spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabiting partner, or a person…

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Article R3211-32 of the French Public Health Code

The judicial procedure for dealing with seclusion and restraint measures taken in application of article L. 3222-5-1 shall be governed by the Code of Civil Procedure , subject to the provisions of this section. The provisions of articles 642, 643 and 644 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall not apply.

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