Art. 659. Costs of mental examinations prior to commitment

CHAPTER 3. COSTS Art. 659. Costs of mental examinations prior to commitment The fees and expenses of physicians, including coroners and other physicians in the employ of the state or its political subdivisions, appointed by a court to make a mental examination and report prior to commitment shall be fixed by the court in an […]

Art. 660. Institutional costs after commitment

Art. 660. Institutional costs after commitment The custody, care, and treatment of a defendant committed under the provisions of this Title, and mental examinations and reports subsequent thereto by physicians on the medical staff of the institution, shall be without cost to the parish from which the defendant was committed. When a physician on the […]