Section 5227

Welf. & Inst. Code § 5227, under Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons Impaired by Chronic Alcoholism or Drug Use.

Welf. & Inst. Code § 5227

The order for evaluation shall be in substantially the following form:

In the Superior Court of the State of California

for the County of _____

The People of the State of California

Concerning

and

Respondents

No. _____

Order

for

Evaluation

The People of the State of California to

:

(Professional person in charge of the facility providing

evaluation)

______ has appeared before me and appears to be, as a result of ______ (chronic alcoholism, the use of narcotics, or the use of restricted dangerous drugs), a danger to himself, or others, or gravely disabled.

Now, therefore, you are directed to evaluate ______ at ______ on the ____ day of ____, 19__, at __ o’clock _m.

Witness my hand, this ____ day of ____, 19__.

Judge of the ________ Court

Return of Order

I hereby certify that I received the above order for the evaluation of ______ and on the ____ day of ____, 19__, personally served a copy of the order and of the petition on the professional person in charge of the ______, a facility for treatment and evaluation, or his designee.

Dated: ____ 19__.

Signature and Title

(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1129.)