RSA 171-B:2 Involuntary Admission Standard.

Title: XII - PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE Chapter: 171-B - INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION FOR PERSONS FOUND NOT COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL

The standard to be used by a court, physician, psychologist or psychiatrist in determining whether a person should be admitted on an involuntary basis shall be whether:
I. The person has been charged with a felony involving serious bodily injury or the use of a deadly weapon, or with aggravated felonious sexual assault (other than pursuant to RSA 632-A:2, I(h)) or felonious sexual assault, or with arson pursuant to RSA 634:1, II or III;
II. A district court, superior court, or grand jury has found that probable cause exists that the person committed a felony as set forth in paragraph I;
III. The person is determined to be not competent to stand trial;
IV. The person has an intellectual disability, as defined in the most current edition of the Diagnostic Manua

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