2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title X - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 135 - NEW HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL AND INSANE PERSONS
Section 135:17-c - Information Related to Competency Determinations.

    135:17-c Information Related to Competency Determinations. – All evaluation reports, recommendations, medical records, or other documents related to the court's determinations under RSA 135:17-a, I, II, and III shall be kept separately from the public court file and shall not be disclosed except as follows:
    I. The court may order release with the written consent of the parties.
    II. The competency report may be provided to the receiving facility or the secure psychiatric unit pursuant to RSA 135:17-a, VII.
    III. In any case in which the court finds that the defendant is not competent to stand trial pursuant to RSA 135:17-a, I, or has not been restored to competency pursuant to RSA 135:17-a, IV, the court shall make written findings which describe the evidence which was relied upon to make its determination. Such written findings shall be part of the public court file. The prosecutor shall provide a copy of the written findings to the victim, as defined in RSA 21-M:8-k.

Source. 2012, 151:2, eff. Aug. 6, 2012.