2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 64 - Court-ordered Involuntary Treatment of Certain Sexually Violent Persons
Section 6401 - Scope of chapter
CHAPTER 64
COURT-ORDERED INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SEXUALLY
VIOLENT PERSONS
Sec.
6401. Scope of chapter.
6402. Definitions.
6403. Court-ordered involuntary treatment.
6404. Duration of inpatient commitment and review.
6404.1. Transfer to involuntary outpatient treatment.
6404.2. Duration of outpatient commitment and review.
6405. Right to counsel.
6406. Duty of Department of Public Welfare.
6407. Regulations.
6408. Jurisdiction.
6409. Immunity for good faith conduct.
Enactment. Chapter 64 was added August 14, 2003, P.L.97, No.21, effective in 180 days.
Cross References. Chapter 64 is referred to in sections 6358, 9799.13, 9799.15, 9799.16, 9799.19, 9799.34 of this title.
§ 6401. Scope of chapter.
This chapter establishes rights and procedures for the civil commitment of sexually violent delinquent children who, due to a mental abnormality or personality disorder, have serious difficulty in controlling sexually violent behavior and thereby pose a danger to the public and further provides for additional periods of commitment for involuntary treatment for said persons.
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