Cal. WIC § 5170.1
This is the official text of Cal. WIC § 5170.1, part of California’s Welfare and Institutions Code — governs public social services, juvenile justice, and mental health/developmental disability services.
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Official statutory text
A 72-hour treatment and evaluation facility shall include one or more of the following:
(1) A screening, evaluation, and referral facility which may be accomplished by a mobile crisis unit, first aid station or ambulatory detoxification unit;
(2) A detoxification facility for alcoholic and acutely intoxicated persons.
(3) An alcohol recovery house.
(1) A screening, evaluation, and referral facility which may be accomplished by a mobile crisis unit, first aid station or ambulatory detoxification unit;
(2) A detoxification facility for alcoholic and acutely intoxicated persons.
(3) An alcohol recovery house.
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