TITLE XII
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 171-B
INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION FOR PERSONS FOUND NOT COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL

Section 171-B:14

    171-B:14 Amended Orders. – The court issuing an order for involuntary admission to the state developmental services system shall retain jurisdiction of the case for the duration of the order. At any time during the period of such order, the commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee may petition the probate court having jurisdiction for a hearing on whether the order should be amended or the person should be involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility or the secure psychiatric unit.

Source. 1994, 408:9. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.