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| Order | When to be used |
|---|---|
| Updated 01/30/2012 | |
| Order Appointing Expert for Competency Evaluation & Notice of Hearing | Mental health / competency |
| Order Appointing Expert to Evaluate Defendant's Sanity at the Time of the Offense & Notice of Hearing | Mental health / sanity |
| Order Appointing Expert for Competency Evaluation & Sanity at the Time of Offense & Notice of Hearing | Mental health/ competency & sanity |
| Order Appointing Expert for Pre- Bond Screening | Pre- bond ( first appearance) |
| Order Appointing Experts for Competency Evaluation & Notice of Hearing (Intellectual Disability) | Intellectual Disability; *Agency for Persons with Disabilities must be appointed in addition to another expert |
| Order for Release, Transport, Assessment & Stabilization | When defendants meet Baker Act criteria & are ordered to a receiving facility for stabilization; defendants with felony charges must first be accepted for admission by the facility's administrator. |
| Order Placing Defendant on Mental Health Pretrial Release | Pre trial |
| Order Finding Defendant Incompetent & Commitment to Agency for Person with Disabilities Secure Placement | Mental retardation/ autism: secure (i.e. MRDP- mentally reatarded defendant program) |
| Order Finding Defendant Incompetent & Commitment to Agency for Person with Disabilities Non- Secure Placement | Mental retardation /autism: non - secure placement ( e.g. group home/ community) |
| Order Finding Defendant Competent to Proceed (mental illness) | When the court finds a defendant competent to proceed |
| Order Finding Defendant Competent to Proceed (mental retardation/ autism) | When the court finds a defendant competent to proceed |
| Order Adjudging Defendant Incompetent to Proceed & Commitment To the Department of Children & Families | Mental health/ ITP & the court commits a defendant to DCF for admission into a state forensic facility |
| Order Adjudging Defendant Incompetent to Proceed and Placing Defendant on Conditional Release | Mental health/ ITP & on a conditional release to community (felony) |
| Order Adjudging Defendant Incompetent to Proceed and Placing Defendant on Misdemeanor Conditional Release | Mental health/ ITP/ conditional release (MM) |
| Order Continuing Incompetence to Proceed and Commitment to Department Of Children & Families | Continued ITP & commitment to DCF |
| Order to Transport & Notice of Hearing | Transport ( mental health & mental retardation) |
| Order Finding Defendant Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and Commitment to The Department of Children & Families | NGI after a trial & commitment to DCF for admission to a state forensic facility |
| Order Finding Defendant Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and Placing Defendant on Conditional Release | NGI after a trial & defendant is placed conditional release to community; a conditional release order and plan must be submitted to Court. Conditional release plan request must be sent to the Court mental Health Coordinator |
| Order of Revocation of Conditional Release & Commitment to the Department of Children & Families | Violation of conditional release & defendant is committed to DCF |
| Order of Revocation/ Modification of Conditional Release | Violation of conditional release & defendant's conditions of release are modified |
| Order Terminating Jurisdiction | Nothing Specified |
| Order Dismissing Charges (Mental Illness) | 5 year rule |
| Order Dismissing Charges (Mental Retardation) | 2 year rule |