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The Commissioner may make interfacility transfers and treatment and management decisions regarding acquittees in his custody without obtaining prior approval of or review by the committing court. If the Commissioner is of the opinion that a temporary visit from the hospital would be therapeutic for the acquittee and that such visit would pose no substantial danger to others, the Commissioner may grant such visit not to exceed forty-eight hours.B\n\nThe Commissioner shall give notice of the granting of an unescorted community visit to any victim of a felony offense against the person punishable by more than five years in prison that resulted in the charges on which the acquittee was acquitted or the next-of-kin of the victim at the last known address, provided the person seeking notice submits a written request for such notice to the Commissioner.C\n\nThe Commissioner shall notify the attorney for the Commonwealth for the committing jurisdiction in writing of changes in an acquittee’s course of treatment which will involve authorization for the acquittee to leave the grounds of the hospital in which he is confined.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":201583,"text":"Upon commitment of an acquittee for inpatient hospitalization, the Commissioner shall determine the appropriate placement for him, based on his clinical needs and security requirements. 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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 427 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1993, chapter 295; in 2006, chapter 358<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":168597,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54942,"identifier":"19.2-182.4","token":"19.2\/11.1\/19.2-182.4","url":"\/19.2-182.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-182.4\/","token":"19.2\/11.1\/19.2-182.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confinement and treatment; interfacility transfers; out-of-hospital visits; notice of change in treatment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-182.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Upon commitment of an acquittee for inpatient hospitalization, the Commissioner shall determine the appropriate placement for him, based on his clinical needs and security requirements. The Commissioner may make interfacility transfers and treatment and management decisions regarding acquittees in his custody<\/span> without obtaining prior approval of or review by the committing court<\/span>. If the Commissioner is of the opinion<\/span> that a temporary visit from the hospital would be therapeutic for the acquittee and that such visit would pose no substantial danger to others, the Commissioner may grant such visit not to exceed forty-eight hours. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner shall give notice of the granting of an unescorted community visit to any victim of a felony<\/span> offense<\/span> against the person punishable by more than five years in prison that resulted in the charges on which the acquittee was acquitted or the next-of-kin of the victim at the last known address, provided the person seeking notice submits a written request for such notice to the Commissioner. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commissioner shall notify the attorney for the Commonwealth for the committing jurisdiction<\/span> in writing of changes in an acquittee’s course of treatment which will involve authorization for the acquittee to leave the grounds of the hospital in which he is confined. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFINEMENT AND TREATMENT; INTERFACILITY TRANSFERS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL VISITS;\nNOTICE OF CHANGE IN TREATMENT (\u00a7 19.2-182.4)\n\nA. Upon commitment of an acquittee for inpatient hospitalization, the\nCommissioner shall determine the appropriate placement for him, based on his\nclinical needs and security requirements. The Commissioner may make\ninterfacility transfers and treatment and management decisions regarding\nacquittees in his custody without obtaining prior approval of or review by the\ncommitting court. If the Commissioner is of the opinion that a temporary visit\nfrom the hospital would be therapeutic for the acquittee and that such visit\nwould pose no substantial danger to others, the Commissioner may grant such\nvisit not to exceed forty-eight hours.\n\nB. The Commissioner shall give notice of the granting of an unescorted community\nvisit to any victim of a felony offense against the person punishable by more\nthan five years in prison that resulted in the charges on which the acquittee\nwas acquitted or the next-of-kin of the victim at the last known address,\nprovided the person seeking notice submits a written request for such notice to\nthe Commissioner.\n\nC. The Commissioner shall notify the attorney for the Commonwealth for the\ncommitting jurisdiction in writing of changes in an acquittee’s course of\ntreatment which will involve authorization for the acquittee to leave the\ngrounds of the hospital in which he is confined.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 427; 1993, c. 295; 2006, c. 358.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}