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1139 REVIEW DENIED Under W&IC sections authorizing the detention of mentally disordered persons who are a danger to themselves or others, hospital employees are immune from liability for temporarily restraining such persons while waiting for designated authorities to evaluate their condition, from liability for administering medication without the consent of persons so detained, and from liability for medical malpractice connected with the detention.
HEATER v SOUTHWOOD (Seventy-two Hour Hold) 42 CA4 1068 [See: W&IC 5150 etseq; Riese v St Mary's 209 CA3 1303]
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