Crisis Response Teams

The health officer’s assessment of dangerousness must be based on direct observation of the person’s behavior or upon reliable information of the person’s recent behavior and knowledge of the person’s past behavior or psychiatric treatment. 

Following transportation to a physician or treatment facility, the health officer must make written application for admission of the person to the facility.  This application must include the health officer’s reasons and circumstances that led to the person being taken into custody.  At this point, the physician or mental health professional at the treatment facility must assess the extent of the recipient’s crisis.