§ 33-7-102. Credit Toward Sentence — Release
Whenever a person is hospitalized or receives evaluation or treatment services under this chapter in connection with a criminal charge or conviction, wherever incarcerated, the person shall receive credit toward the satisfaction of the sentence for the time spent in the custody of the commissioner. When a person has been transferred from the department of […]
§ 33-7-103. Judicial Hospitalization Order as Transfer of Custody
Without regard to its wording, any court order of hospitalization in a hospital or unit of a hospital shall be considered in law as a transfer of the person to the custody of the commissioner.
§ 33-7-104. Admissions to a State-Owned or Operated Facility
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all admissions or transfers to a state-owned or operated hospital or treatment resource under this chapter shall be subject to available suitable accommodations as defined in § 33-1-101, and no admission to a state-owned or operated hospital or treatment resource under this chapter shall occur until the commissioner […]
§ 33-7-101. Examination of Patients
Any person with mental illness hospitalized under this chapter or held in a forensic services unit shall be examined as often as practicable but not less often than every three (3) months.