SECTIONS 3000-3009 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 3000-3009

3000. It is the intent of the Legislature that persons addicted to
narcotics, or who by reason of repeated use of narcotics are in
imminent danger of becoming addicted, shall be treated for such
condition and its underlying causes, and that such treatment shall be
carried out for nonpunitive purposes not only for the protection of
the addict, or person in imminent danger of addiction, against
himself, but also for the prevention of contamination of others and
the protection of the public. Persons committed to the program
provided for in this chapter who are uncooperative with efforts to
treat them or are otherwise unresponsive to treatment nevertheless
should be kept in the program for purposes of control. It is the
further intent of the Legislature that persons committed to this
program who show signs of progress after an initial or subsequent
periods of treatment and observation be given reasonable
opportunities to demonstrate ability to abstain from the use of
narcotics under close supervision in outpatient status outside of the
rehabilitation center provided for in Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 3300) of this division. Determinations of progress of persons
committed to the program should be based upon criteria to be
established by the Director of Corrections with the advice of
clinically trained and experienced personnel.
The enactment of the preceding provisions of this section shall
not be construed to be evidence that the intent of the Legislature
was otherwise before such enactment.

3001. The narcotic detention, treatment and rehabilitation facility
referred to herein shall be one within the Department of Corrections
whose principal purpose shall be the receiving, control,
confinement, employment, education, treatment and rehabilitation of
persons under the custody of the Department of Corrections or any
agency thereof who are or have been addicted to narcotics or who by
reason of repeated use of narcotics are in imminent danger of
becoming addicted.

3002. Every person committed pursuant to this chapter or former
Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 6399) of Title 7 of the Penal
Code who escapes or attempts to escape from lawful custody is guilty
of a crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison. This
section does not apply to unauthorized absence from a halfway house.

3003. The Director of Corrections may enter into agreements with
the Director of Mental Health or the Director of Developmental
Services pursuant to which persons committed to the custody of either
for narcotic addiction or imminent narcotic addiction can be
transferred to an institution under the jurisdiction of the other.

3005. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall engage in
a program of research in the detention, treatment and rehabilitation
of narcotic addicts.

3006. No commitment under Article 2 or 3 of this chapter shall be
ordered until such time as the Director of Corrections designates a
place or places for the reception of persons committed thereunder and
unless space is available therein.

3008. When a court commits a person to the custody of the Director
of Corrections pursuant to this chapter, the court shall immediately
after making the order of commitment, mail to the Department of
Corrections, at the facility to which the person committed is
delivered, a copy of such reports as the probation officer may have
made relative to such person.

3009. A "narcotic addict," as used in this division refers to any
person, adult or minor, who is addicted to the unlawful use of any
narcotic as defined in Division 10 of the Health and Safety Code,
except marijuana.