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A. A patient may be ordered to obtain civil involuntary outpatient treatment if the court finds that all of the following conditions apply:
(1) The patient is eighteen years of age or older.
(2) The patient is suffering from a mental illness.
(3) The patient is unlikely to survive safely in the community without supervision, based on a clinical determination.
(4) The patient has a history of lack of compliance with treatment for mental illness that has resulted in either of the following:
(a) At least twice within the last thirty-six months, the lack of compliance with treatment for mental illness has been a significant factor resulting in an emergency certificate for hospitalization, or receipt of services in a forensic or other mental health unit of a correctional facility or a local correctional facility, not including any period during which the person was hospitalized or incarcerated immediately preceding the filing of the petition.
(b) One or more acts of serious violent behavior toward self or others or threats of, or attempts of, serious physical harm to self or others within the last thirty-six months as a result of mental illness, not including any period in which the person was hospitalized or incarcerated immediately preceding the filing of the petition.
(5) The patient is, as a result of his mental illness, unlikely to voluntarily participate in the recommended treatment pursuant to the treatment plan.
(6) In view of the treatment history and current behavior of the patient, the patient is in need of involuntary outpatient treatment to prevent a relapse or deterioration which would be likely to result in the patient becoming dangerous to self or others or gravely disabled as defined in R.S. 28:2.
(7) It is likely that the patient will benefit from involuntary outpatient treatment.
B. (1) If the patient has executed an advance directive as defined in R.S. 28:221, any directions included in the directive shall be taken into account by the court in determining the written treatment plan.
(2) Nothing herein shall preclude a person with an advance directive from being subject to a petition pursuant to this Part.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 28, § 66. Criteria for civil involuntary outpatient treatment - last updated January 01, 2019 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-28-sect-66/
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