CPLEE - S.Post: involuntary
confinement Exam Questions and
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What set of codes has to do w/ involuntary confinement? - ✔✔welfare and institutions
code (WIC) ex. WIC 5150
Involuntary confinement - ✔✔3 days: 5150; 5585 (minor)
14 days:
-Initial: 5250 (entitled to certification rvw hearing w/i 4 days)
-Subseq: 5260 (suic.)
30 days: 5270.15 (GDA)
180 days: 5300 (homic.)
1) When can Minors be involuntarily held (5585)?
2) Do you have to to contact parent? 3) What happens if parents are available and don't
want you to do the hold? - ✔✔1) when guardian not avail to authorize voluntary tx.
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, 2) MUST attempt to notify guardian.
3) If the parents are available, you CANNOT put a kid on involuntary hold.
Involuntary confinement: 72-hour Hold for danger to self (suicidal intent) or others, or
grave disability - ✔✔5150 (adults); 5585 (minors)
-minor can only be hospit'd invol. when guardian unavail to authorize voluntary tx
-tx facility must attempt to notify guardian
Involuntary Confinement: 14-day Hold/Certification (5250) - ✔✔If PT remains danger
to self, others, or GD/A as result of mental d/o or chronic alcoholism, and was advised
of need for additional voluntary tx but had refused to accept it voluntarily, PT may be
certified for up to 14 days of intensive tx.
PT entitled to certification review hearing within 4 days of date of certification
Involuntary Confinement: Post-certification Holds (following the initial 14-day hold) -
✔✔5260: at the end of the initial 14-d hold (5250), a person who remains imminent
threat to self ma/b confined for add'l 14 days; NOT renewable.
5270.15: at the end of the 14-d hold (5250), a PT who remains GD/A certified for extra
30 days; no renewal unless petition for conservatorship filed during the hold
5300: at end of 14-d hold (5250), homicidal PT confined up to 180 add'l days; CAN be
renewed
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confinement Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
What set of codes has to do w/ involuntary confinement? - ✔✔welfare and institutions
code (WIC) ex. WIC 5150
Involuntary confinement - ✔✔3 days: 5150; 5585 (minor)
14 days:
-Initial: 5250 (entitled to certification rvw hearing w/i 4 days)
-Subseq: 5260 (suic.)
30 days: 5270.15 (GDA)
180 days: 5300 (homic.)
1) When can Minors be involuntarily held (5585)?
2) Do you have to to contact parent? 3) What happens if parents are available and don't
want you to do the hold? - ✔✔1) when guardian not avail to authorize voluntary tx.
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, 2) MUST attempt to notify guardian.
3) If the parents are available, you CANNOT put a kid on involuntary hold.
Involuntary confinement: 72-hour Hold for danger to self (suicidal intent) or others, or
grave disability - ✔✔5150 (adults); 5585 (minors)
-minor can only be hospit'd invol. when guardian unavail to authorize voluntary tx
-tx facility must attempt to notify guardian
Involuntary Confinement: 14-day Hold/Certification (5250) - ✔✔If PT remains danger
to self, others, or GD/A as result of mental d/o or chronic alcoholism, and was advised
of need for additional voluntary tx but had refused to accept it voluntarily, PT may be
certified for up to 14 days of intensive tx.
PT entitled to certification review hearing within 4 days of date of certification
Involuntary Confinement: Post-certification Holds (following the initial 14-day hold) -
✔✔5260: at the end of the initial 14-d hold (5250), a person who remains imminent
threat to self ma/b confined for add'l 14 days; NOT renewable.
5270.15: at the end of the 14-d hold (5250), a PT who remains GD/A certified for extra
30 days; no renewal unless petition for conservatorship filed during the hold
5300: at end of 14-d hold (5250), homicidal PT confined up to 180 add'l days; CAN be
renewed
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