15-16-61
Section 15-16-61 Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this article: (1) COURT.
The court which committed the defendant pursuant to Section 15-16-43. (2) DEFENDANT. A defendant
in a criminal case who has been found not guilty by reason of insanity, or not guilty by reason
of mental disease or defect, and has been committed to the custody of the Alabama State Department
of Mental Health and Mental Retardation or another facility as provided by Section 15-16-43.
(3) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. (4) DISTRICT
ATTORNEY. The district attorney for the judicial circuit of the court which committed the
defendant pursuant to Section 15-16-43. (5) REGIONAL OR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.
Any mental health facility providing mental health services pursuant to Sections 22-51-1 through
22-51-14. (Acts 1988, No. 88-581, p. 906, §2.)...
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12-15-102
Section 12-15-102 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age or older. (2) AFTERCARE.
Conditions and supervision as the juvenile court orders after release from the Department
of Youth Services. (3) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18 years, or under 21 years of
age and before the juvenile court for a delinquency matter arising before that individual's
18th birthday, or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a child in need
of supervision matter or commitment to the State Department of Mental Health or under 19 years
of age and before the juvenile court for a proceeding initiated under Section 12-15-115(b)(2).
Where a delinquency petition alleges that an individual, prior to the individual's 18th birthday,
has committed an offense for which there is no statute of limitation pursuant to Section 15-3-5,
the term child also shall include the individual subject to the...
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15-23-60
Section 15-23-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ACCUSED. A person who has been arrested for committing a criminal offense and
who is held for an initial appearance or other proceeding before trial. (2) APPELLATE PROCEEDING.
An oral argument held in open court before the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the Supreme
Court of Alabama, a federal court of appeals, or the United States Supreme Court. (3) ARREST.
The actual custodial restraint of a person or his or her submission to custody. (4) COMMUNITY
STATUS. Extension of the limits of the places of confinement of a prisoner through work release,
supervised intensive restitution (SIR), and initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave,
passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM
ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized by a public entity or a private entity that
receives public funding primarily to provide...
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15-20A-4
Section 15-20A-4 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT SEX OFFENDER. A person convicted of a sex offense. (2) CHILD.
A person who has not attained the age of 12. (3) CHILDCARE FACILITY. A licensed child daycare
center, a licensed childcare facility, or any other childcare service that is exempt from
licensing pursuant to Section 38-7-3, if it is sufficiently conspicuous that a reasonable
person should know or recognize its location or its address has been provided to local law
enforcement. (4) CONVICTION. A verdict or finding of guilt as the result of a trial, a plea
of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or an Alford plea regardless of whether adjudication
was withheld. Conviction includes, but is not limited to, a conviction in a United States
territory, a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted
by the Armed Forces of the United States, a conviction for an offense committed...
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15-16-43
Section 15-16-43 Commitment of defendant upon finding of mental illness. If, at the final hearing,
the court finds that the defendant is mentally ill and as a consequence of such mental illness
poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to himself or to others, the court shall
order the defendant committed to the custody of the Commissioner of the Alabama State Department
of Mental Health or to such other public facility as the court may order. If the court does
not make such a finding, then the defendant shall be released from custody forthwith. (Acts
1981, No. 81-708, p. 1189, §3.)...
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22-52-10.5
Section 22-52-10.5 Facilities for inpatient treatment; length of treatment; cost. (a) At the
final hearing on a petition for involuntary commitment or a hearing for the revocation of
a prior order for commitment to outpatient treatment, the probate court may order that the
respondent be committed to: (i) the department for inpatient treatment at a state mental health
facility, or (ii) the department for inpatient treatment at a designated mental health facility.
(b) Pursuant to this section, an order for inpatient treatment shall not exceed 150 days.
(c) No county shall be required to pay the cost of inpatient treatment provided at a state
mental health facility or inpatient treatment authorized by the department at a designated
mental health facility. (Acts 1991, No. 91-440, p. 783, §15.)...
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22-52-35
Section 22-52-35 Appointment of special probate judges for consideration, hearing and entry
of orders pertaining to commitment or continued custody of certain persons committed or transferred
to facilities of Department of Mental Health; qualifications, powers, etc., of special probate
judges; conduct of hearings by special probate judges generally. (a) Upon application of the
commissioner or his designee, the Governor may appoint one or more special judges of probate
for the purpose of considering, hearing and entering appropriate orders with regard to the
commitment or continued custody of such persons who have been committed by any court of this
state to any facility pursuant to the provisions of Sections 15-16-24 and 15-16-40, accused
of a crime but not yet tried, or transferred to such facility on order of the Governor, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 4 of this chapter. (b) A special judge of probate appointed under
the provisions of this article shall be vested with all...
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15-23-80
Section 15-23-80 Facility with custody of defendant to send victim release opinion. Upon written
request of the victim, the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, or
other facility with custody of the criminal defendant, shall send the victim a copy to the
address stated in the request, of its release opinion which was provided to the appropriate
court pursuant to Section 15-16-63 et seq. (Acts 1995, No. 95-583, p. 1234, §21.)...
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22-52-10.6
Section 22-52-10.6 Petition for renewal of inpatient commitment order; probate court; special
judge; notice; hearing. (a) A petition for renewal of an inpatient commitment order may be
filed by the director of a state mental health facility or his designee at least 30 days prior
to the expiration of the current commitment order. The petition, together with a copy of the
original commitment order and copies of any subsequent renewal commitment orders, shall be
filed with the probate court of the county where the facility is located. The petition shall
explain in detail why renewal of the order is being requested, and shall further explain in
detail why less restrictive conditions of treatment are not appropriate. (b) Such probate
court may consider, hear, and enter appropriate orders pursuant to this section or may request
that the case be heard by a special judge of probate. (c) Whenever and wherever it shall become
necessary that a special judge of probate be provided to hear and...
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22-52-1.1
Section 22-52-1.1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) MENTAL
ILLNESS. A psychiatric disorder of thought and/or mood which significantly impairs judgment,
behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life.
Mental illness, as used herein, specifically excludes the primary diagnosis of epilepsy, mental
retardation, substance abuse, including alcoholism, or a developmental disability. (2) STATE
MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility operated by the Alabama State Department
of Mental Health. (3) DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility other than
a state mental health facility designated by the State Department of Mental Health to receive
persons for evaluation, examination, admission, detention or treatment pursuant to the provisions
of this article. (4) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the...
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