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Also, if your area allows 5150's to wear their clothing (and not paper scrubs) during transport, remember to check their pockets and waistbands for weapons or potential weapons. I've found knives on some of our 51's that come from PD before.
If a hospital is routinely denying a psych patient the right to wear their own clothing without good cause then they're at a big risk for a civil rights lawsuit under California Law.
"LPS – Patients Rights Subject to Denial
Psychiatric facilities must also uphold the following specific legal rights of individuals. These rights can only be denied when “good cause” exists
(WIC § 5325: title 9 CCR § 865.2):
- The right to wear one’s own clothing (per W&I –7232, this right has been removed from persons receiving mental health treatment in a secured perimeter at a State Hospital)."