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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64056</law_id><section_number>16.1-345.3</section_number><catch_line>Monitoring mandatory outpatient treatment; motion for review</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">community services board</span> where the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> resides shall monitor the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>&#x2019;s compliance with the mandatory outpatient <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> plan ordered by <span class="dictionary">the court</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Mandatory outpatient treatment; criteria; orders" href="/16.1-345.2/">16.1-345.2</a>. Monitoring compliance shall include (i) contacting the service providers to determine if the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> is complying with the mandatory outpatient <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span> and (ii) notifying <span class="dictionary">the court</span> of the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">material</span> noncompliance with the mandatory outpatient <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span>. Providers of services identified in the plan shall report any <span class="dictionary">material</span> noncompliance to the <span class="dictionary">community services board</span>. <a id="paragraph-233264" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-345.3/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">community services board</span> determines that the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> materially failed to comply with the <span class="dictionary">order</span>, it shall file with the juvenile and domestic relations district court for the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> resides a <span class="dictionary">motion</span> for review of the mandatory outpatient <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span> as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Court review of mandatory outpatient treatment plan" href="/16.1-345.4/">16.1-345.4</a>. The <span class="dictionary">community services board</span> shall file the <span class="dictionary">motion</span> for review of the mandatory outpatient <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span> within three business days of making that determination, or within 24 hours if the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> is being detained under a temporary detention <span class="dictionary">order</span>, and shall recommend an appropriate <span class="dictionary">disposition</span>. Copies of the <span class="dictionary">motion</span> for review shall be sent to the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>, his <span class="dictionary">parents</span>, his attorney, and his <span class="dictionary">guardian ad litem</span>. <a id="paragraph-233265" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-345.3/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">community services board</span> determines that the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> is not materially complying with the mandatory outpatient <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span> or for any other reason, and that because of <span class="dictionary">mental illness</span>, the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> (i) presents a serious danger to himself or others to the extent that severe or irremediable injury is likely to result, as evidenced by recent acts or threats or (ii) is experiencing a serious deterioration of his ability to care for himself in a developmentally age-appropriate manner, as evidenced by delusionary thinking or by a significant impairment of functioning in hydration, nutrition, self-protection, or self-control, it shall immediately request that the <span class="dictionary">magistrate</span> <span class="dictionary">issue</span> an emergency <span class="dictionary">custody</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order" href="/16.1-340/">16.1-340</a> or a temporary detention <span class="dictionary">order</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order" href="/16.1-340.1/">16.1-340.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-233266" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-345.3/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">community services board</span> determines at any time prior to the expiration of the mandatory outpatient <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span> that the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> has complied with the <span class="dictionary">order</span> and that continued mandatory outpatient <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> is no longer necessary, it shall file a <span class="dictionary">motion</span> to review the <span class="dictionary">order</span> with the juvenile and domestic relations district court for the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> resides. <span class="dictionary">The court</span> shall schedule a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> and provide notice of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> in accordance with subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Court review of mandatory outpatient treatment plan" href="/16.1-345.4/">16.1-345.4</a>. <a id="paragraph-233267" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-345.3/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2009, cc. 455, 555; 2010, cc. 778, 825.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
