Preliminary Assessment

(1) When a number of the patient’s treatment team (as set out in patient’s chart) finds that any involuntarily committed patient is about to become ready for release, the treatment team and attending licensed physician shall confer. The treatment team shall review the patient’s record to assess the patient’s readiness for release and any needed follow-up services; if the patient needs further evaluation, they shall perform such evaluation. They shall then present the patient’s records, including records of further evaluation of and interviews with the patient to the attending licensed physician for review and recommendation under Rule 0940-03-01- .05. (2) If the patient is a pre-trial defendant, the treatment team shall consider the court-ordered evaluation issues and whether the defendant will return to jail or the community to await trial. (3) If the patient has been committed following an acquittal by reason of insanity, the treatment team and attending licensed physician shall consider the circumstances of the crime for which the person was acquitted. They shall then present the patient’s record, including records of further evaluations of and interviews with the patient, to another licensed physician for additional review and recommendation under Rule 0940-03-01-.05. RELEASE FROM INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION CHAPTER 0940-03-01