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1 LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH _____ LPS DESIGNATION GUIDELINES AND PROCESS FOR FACILITIES WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY _____ Seventh Edition (Revised February 2016) 2 LPS DESIGNATION GUIDELINES AND PROCESS FOR FACILITIES WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY SEVENTH EDITION TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 4 I. LPS DESIGNATION GUIDELINES FOR FACILITIES 4 A. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO INVOLUNTARILY DETAIN AND TREAT 4 B. FACILITY OPERATIONS GUIDELINES 9 C. STAFFING GUIDELINES 9 D. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 11 E. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 12 F. DOCUMENTATION AND TREATMENT GUIDELINES 14 II. AUTHORIZATION TO TAKE INDIVIDUALS INTO CUSTODY PURSUANT TO THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT 14 A. GENERAL GUIDELINES RELATED TO DESIGNATED INPATIENT FACILITIES 17 B. CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL OF INPATIENT FACILITY S AUTHORIZATION OF INDIVIDUALS TO INITIATE INVOLUNTARY DETENTION 18 C.
[Also See Guidelines I.B.1.ee and I.B.1.ee.(1)]. 7) The involuntary treatment provisions of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act are not used to authorize or deliver medical treatment. Consent to medical treatment must be obtained as otherwise provided in law. h. Transfer of patients involuntarily detained under LPS to general medical units:
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