§ 16.1-342. Involuntary commitment; clinical evaluation
Upon the filing of a petition for involuntary commitment, the juvenile and domestic relations district court shall direct the community services board serving the area in which the minor is located to arrange for an evaluation, if one has not already been performed pursuant to subsection B of § 16.1-339, by a qualified evaluator who is not and will not be treating the minor and who has no significant financial interest in the facility to which the minor would be committed. In conducting a clinical evaluation of a minor in detention or shelter care, if the evaluator finds, irrespective of the fact that the minor has been detained, that the minor meets the criteria for involuntary commitment in § 16.1-345, the evaluator shall recommend that the minor meets the criteria for involuntary commitment. The petitioner, all public agencies, and all providers or programs which have treated or who are treating the minor, shall cooperate with the evaluator and shall promptly deliver, upon request and without charge, all records of treatment or education of the minor. At least 24 hours before the scheduled hearing, the evaluator shall submit to the court a written report which includes the evaluator's opinion regarding whether the minor meets the criteria for involuntary commitment specified in § 16.1-345. The evaluator shall attend the hearing as a witness.
(1990, c. 975; 2005, c. 346.)
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