2021 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Public Health and Safety
§ 36-220 - Psychiatric security review board requests; mandatory appearances at conditional release hearings
36-220. Psychiatric security review board requests; mandatory appearances at conditional release hearings
(Rpld. 7/1/23)
A. At each statutory hearing for a patient or on request of the psychiatric security review board, the state hospital, at least forty-five days before the hearing, shall provide the patient and the board with all of the following:
1. A report on the patient that contains information in a form and format as requested or prescribed by the psychiatric security review board.
2. A patient risk assessment, if clinically indicated.
3. An explanation of any rule violation by the patient and why the rule violation is relevant to any recommendation from the state hospital.
B. In addition to the information required by subsection A of this section, the state hospital shall provide the psychiatric security review board with any information that is relevant to the hearing at any time before the hearing.
C. A patient's treating psychiatrist or the psychiatrist's designee shall appear as a witness before the psychiatric security review board at each statutory hearing regarding the patient's conditional release.
