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HomeMy WebLinkAbout69-187BOARD dF SUPERVISORS COUNTY ` OF BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA Resolution No. 69- 18'7 RE50LUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION N0. 69-68 WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California, did on the 8th day of April, 1969, pass and adopt Resolution No. 69-68, entitled "Resolution Designating Facilities And Personnel Pursuant To Lanterman-Petris-Short Act"; and WHEREAS, said resolution designated certain physicians and psychiatrists as professional persons who might take, or cause to be taken into custody persons who are a danger to others, to themselves, or are gravely disabled as a result of mental disorders, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5150, NOW, 'THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California, as follows: 1. That paragraph 2 of page 3 of Resolution No. 69-68, be amended to read as follows: "All physicians practicing medicine and all psychiatrists. practicing psychiatry in Butte County are hereby designated as professional persons who may take, or cause to be taken, into custody persons who are a danger to others, to them- selves, or gravely disabled as a result of mental disorders, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5150." PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California, this 1$th day of November, 1969, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Dunaway Howsden~ Maxon Chairman Mc Ki11op NOES: None ABSENT Supervisor Reynolds J 'McKILLO P, Chairma of the B to County Board of Supervisors ATTE~'~ CLARK A. NELSON, County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors ~. BYE.-t =--~~'t'~, d S- /8'9 Exh~.~it . 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Section 51~t~ (containing part of the Lantsrman-F~:tris-S~:ort Act) providss that when a person is - a ~a~ger to hi~s~If or others as. a resu~.t of a rrwntal disorc~tir,~ . a,,pA~ea oLiicer, r~:nher of :he attending utaff ay a county hos- pital- or of=~erLro~esaior~a~. -person ~saz.g:~atea' ty thu 80:~?':~ ~f Su}~rvisers clay uteri r~ ~,son3ol~a c:ausw, cause that p~raon to take:- .into custo~~y and p~.ac~d into tine county hos~ita~. for 72 . - :hour treat~:~:rzt ana e ~rale~atiori. _ ~ • . , - 1 _ At the- present tir~~a :thy B•stte CQUtity Soarc~ of Supervi:sars has _ _...~' deslgna.te~d an~.y the phys.iczans ~rac•~.isinc~ rler~lcine at t's~c~~ . `Butte County hos~~.ta.1. anc~ .alZ psycliiatra.sts practising ~.n the ~~Butt~ County. ~:ental Health Clinic as ~rso~is aut?~orizac~ to take • into "custody, or cause t~ 1~ -taken into custo3y~ a patient - .. aan~E?raus to h~;rtself or oth~ars as a resul~; of a r~erital d~.sarc~er. r Cozsequentzy, when such a person aff~ictad with a c~rita3, ai~order - - ``.ca~es into contact- w~.t~ a physician.-at a private hosp~.taz and candutts~ h~.imsalf in such a •,~ray as to indicatz to that physician • that a da~c~e~ous ~antal ca:zdit~.on ex~.sts, thY priva to physician is withora.t authority to s~.rn the necassar~r paF~rS which enable '- the poZi.ce to ~ransTort the afflicted person tv the county hopital .far .trwatt~ant. anci .e•ra~.uatzon.~ ~,~e h3vz had gcca~icans . ~ •~~ + ,,. whore the aff~.~.cted, person e~.hibitzd sy:~nptons in the przsanca of a private physician an3 get w:~Ya tho police vaera ea~.lzd and arrived at tre .sce;~e, nq further sy:,lptons Yrsre exhi:bite~ and th9 police wire unable to establish.probab?~ ^ausa to taste thA • ~ aff•licted persaa into t~stody. • .. ~ ,.: - . _. .. - " ~. ~-BUTTE-GLENN MEDICAL SGGiET"~ "" .. " "" ~ POSr OFF[C8 nox iooa (-~ ~{~f]] CHIC. CRT.iI:ORNIA V ~ ~ ~ Ll V L~ " - - oc tober 25, 19b9 0 C T 3 01969 - ~ AiSTRICT A~'tpRiVkY'S QF€1C~ Mr. PobPrt Vii. dueller .. .. _ _ ~ . . District- Attarr~ey : . ~ ~ .. " Ortiv~ae, Ca"Zforai.a .. . I1ear Mfr. l~tteller: "- - " . You pQin~d out in your. letter of 7 Julg 1969,, signed by yoursElf and " Gera?d Maguire, M,.D., that the ~delfara and L7zstitu~ions Code Section 510,, .. ~ . " ~a~nta.~.ning part of the Lanternan-Petris-"Short Act} provides that *•Jhen a " " p~so~ is a darer to himself or others as a result of a rental disorder:, - .. .. -~"-" a pease officer, ~rember of the atte"n~i~zg staff o£ a county hospital or " ather:profess~nai_ rer~on desi~,nated by_ the Board of Supervisors may upon _ - reasonable cause, cause that person to 'oe taken into custody and- placed "into tr7.e county hospital for 72 hours treatment and evaluation. - ' At" the present time the Butte County Board flf SuperVZSOrs has desig~.ated orrlp the physicians practising rredi:c"ins at the` Butte County Hospital " ate all psychiatrists practising in the" Bute County l!~,ental Health Clinic. •. "_ as persons authorized to ta!~e into custody, or cause to bs ta~en into " :custody, a patiEnt dangerous to hi_~nsel~" or others as a result of a . meri~al disorder. . " ~ :~":::Board .of Directors. of the Butte-Glenn "Medical- Society rece~end ~o . _~:.the"Bo~rd or Su{~er~ri.sors of Butte County that they designate all . - .. : " physe.ans practising nadicine in Butte. County as persons authorized to..cause: to ba ta~en into custody izzdi~~iduals who -are a danger to others • . ~ or tne~.selves as a res[~?.t of mental disorder and to sign the necessar,~r . 'documents in connecti~an therewith. ." Doctor ~%aouire and "your interest. in this matter is much appreciated. " ". ~ 5i erely, " ~ ~ ~ .~ ~ - _ ~~ " oh~-~ B. Copeland, LLD. . - . .. eside*~t "JB~:bh ' ~" ULII E~ :,vviy.r I ..,,ui~aC_ ' ~` ~ i i f .. r ~ -. . - LAND O.F NATURA.L WEALTH AI~F~ BEAUTY s -. ~ '~~ ~ OFFICE .OF'' THE DISTRECT ATTORNEY ' 2Y` :»~;s -, ,_ ©rov~~3~., C33.farn~a . ~oeES~r ~: r~uE~L.~r~ ~Iave~~r` f~, 3.359 . .DISTRICT ATTORpiEY ~ - ~ - . - ~ah~t 'E. Cape~lanr3, ~r:~. D.. .P~rssident -KENNETH H. LEACH $~3t~8-+G1c T'Ii1.~ ~saieal~- SOCiety - ~ ~~ A061STANT pI3TRIGT ATTORNYY ryy~~,s,~,; .~.G,r~~i ~~.-..,t7r. yr ,10 ~~ ::.fie.;, .~ant~r~ran-i?str.is-S:zox~t pct CLAUP~.A. WELYNER ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ - ~ ~ LSA'NGER-W_ PITMAN:•' - - yam... - - - - .~,,.THOMA5::w:'KELLY - - ~~+"~'r•"'.,~r.i~:-:~~+a_~di... - _ ~EPLITY-DISTRICTkTTORNEYB ~ -- oRplcss: l~1aIN OPl+IG~ courcrl+ousB oROwit.¢ ~sgee ~ANILY~~SUPPBRT' DI VISION 'OOVRTHOUSE ANMEX ~bROVIL.1:4`~OeDey ~~ Sig-1290 EXT. 29Y I ~:s very ha, ~ to .learn that the i~oar~l of D~:r~ct~r;5 of ., the 3utta-~~;etxn i?~ec~ical 5c~cisty reco~nnend that the ~xtte ° . CQxznty ~oar~3 of Su~rvisors desir3nate all p,~ysic3.~ns- grac-- -< Rtie'in~~-~r~'ee3:i:ei~xa -yin Witte bounty as , r..~rsorz.~ a~~~or:~:~ed'` t© . ,,_ ~a~s~ ;tv..~•: ~;t~kQn ~.nto custody ind3.vidual:s why ark a dank°r to`:-t~~~.wrs or th~m's~lves as a rasul't ct ~~nt~: di~:9x~G~r a c3 to ~~. ~~° necessary c7ocumen~s in connY.c~ic~n :therewith. I Y~el~iev~- that this action is necessary in or~s~ to'=rcoat.~:e€~- ~~~t.i~My..ic:~.plez:~nt t'rxt~ provi ions of :the La~Ger~r~an-~~tri.s- ` ~~~rt :;pct... I .am c}r~.t#.f~.~d to learn .that' the -d.~.rector~ of th~~;: _Bu~tte~-~3:~nn:~,~:edica~. ~oci~ty agras. Z ;~r~.ll ask tTrse ~Co~inty counsel of L~utte County` to~'~prepare 'tha appro~riats ~~~olut~.o~xs ana submit- them ta. tha ~.oard.of ~upe~isars. gn connection therewith I wil3: ta~~ .the ' 3.~.~--. . .may o<~ ~ g~~v.3.c~~,~q Ccaurty Counsel .rr~ith a cQ~ of your Letter ~~~> .... o~. ~Cxc~c~~r'`~5, "1919 .and with a copy of t~Y~~.e ~`let~~r. -I ywi3~1 a:~`sa suit ~ .. co~~° c~f th~.s loner to Dr.:~ta.~uir~ ' to 3cee~ h~Ya a~r~ast o~ the situaticx:x. O'rx'a~3in~ I `~'i~~h. t0 thank you and the directors ,of the ' g~~tte. Gle:~z~ ~i~e+33ca3. Society for your prop act'~:on in th~.s C'Iilco. CIFPICi p416'OLCANbEA 'STREET - - cMlco:net+2a ' - 9A3-1241 EXT. 74 - ..Very`truly ~yours~, ,~RD ~A ~.~' Iii. ~~J~L3~ i~ . nistz~c~ :~t~o~risy . ._..~:: CC;•.. ~{:1'al~.C3 ~~a,C3tlf. i•~. A. ~i. B1aG~stock, : matte Caurity Court°se:l:/. r`s - ~~- - - _. ~ l~. PER-DEPARTMENTAL MEMORANDL OFFICE OF BUTTE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TQ; DANIEL V. BLACIkSTOCK - County Counsel .FROM: ROBERT M. MUELLER - District Attorney B Y; SU8IECT: Board Resolution 69-68 ©AT~;, November 13, 1969 L ~`'(.. , .. -. - ;ar~~_... On April 8, 1969 the Butte Co~.nty hoard -of Supervisors ;adopted the above referenced resolution in accordance-with-the provisions of the Lanterman-Petris-Short met. On Page 3 of the resolution, commencing on Line 5, the Board appointed."All physicians practicing medicine at the-Butte County Hospital, and all psychiatrists practicing in the Butte County Mental Health Clinic" as professional persons who m.ay.- take, or cause to be taken, into custody persons who are. a danger to others, to .themselves, or are gravely disable'ci as a result of mental disorders, pursuant to y~elfare and Instituta.ons Code .Section 510. when a person afflicted frith a mental disorder comes-into contact-.with a physician at a private hos ip tal and conc~uct.s himself in such a way as to indicate to that physician that a da~agerous~mental condition exists, the private physician is without authority to sign the neces- sary papers which enable the police to tran:s.port~the afflicted person to the County Hospital for treatment and evaluation. The police have on occasion come into contact under such circumstances with afflicted persons who exhibited symptoms in the presence of their private physician and yet, at the time the police arrived, were acting normal- ly and the police were without probable cause to take the afflicted person into custody. I have discussed the ;matter with Dr. Gerald Maguire, Director, Butte. County.Mental Health Services,. and we have written a joint letter to the Butte-Glenn Medical Society inquiring as to the 'Society's posi- t.ion if the Board were to designate all physicians practicing in this county as persons authorized to take into custody, or cause to be taken into custody individuals who,.as a result of mental disorder - are a danger to themselves or others. A copy of my letter to Col. Ra~deout is .attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Butte-Glenn Medical Society conslder.ed the problem and on October 25, 1969 sent me a letter in which they recommend to the Board of Supervisors of Butte County that the Board designate all physicians practicing medicine in Butte County as persons authorised to cause to be taken ,into custody individuals who are a danger to others or to themselves as a result of a mental c3isordar and to sign ~r - ,. ~ !r _. ~~~ Daniel V. Biackstock November 13, 1959 :the necessary documents in connection therewith. A copy of that letter is attached hereto as Exhibit H. Would you please. prepare an amended. resolution to that effect so that it can be presented to the Board for their action. At such time as the amended resolution is presented to t'he Board, I would be happy to appear before them and explain in mare detail the probi'em as it has been presented to me by the.poiice agencies of this county. RMM:pk Enc 2 cc: Gerald Maguire, 'Director Butte County Mental. Health Service John B. Copeland, M. D., President Butte-Glenn Medical Society