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(a) If the Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services determines that a defendant should be admitted to the Arkansas State Hospital for examination and observation, the defendant shall be committed to the Arkansas State Hospital for a period not exceeding one (1) month or until a time as the Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services believes is necessary for the examination and observation of the defendant.
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(b) The qualified psychiatrist or qualified psychologist who is designated to examine and observe the mental condition of the defendant shall prepare a written report indicating separately the defendant’s mental condition during the period of the examination and the defendant’s probable mental condition at the time of the commission of the alleged offense.
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(c) The report shall be certified by the Director of the Arkansas State Hospital or a designee under his or her seal or by an affidavit duly subscribed and sworn to by him or her before a notary public who shall affix the notary public’s certificate and seal to it.
