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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60590</law_id><section_number>19.2-169.8</section_number><catch_line>Orders for evaluation or treatment; duties of clerk; copies</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="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Proceedings on Question of Insanity</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Whenever a <span class="dictionary">court orders</span> an evaluation pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Evaluation on motion of the Commonwealth after notice" href="/19.2-168.1/">19.2-168.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Raising question of competency to stand trial or plead; evaluation and determination of competency" href="/19.2-169.1/">19.2-169.1</a>, or <a class="law" title="Evaluation of sanity at the time of the offense; disclosure of evaluation results" href="/19.2-169.5/">19.2-169.5</a> or orders treatment pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Disposition when defendant found incompetent" href="/19.2-169.2/">19.2-169.2</a> or <a class="law" title="Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission from local correctional facility" href="/19.2-169.6/">19.2-169.6</a>, the clerk of the court shall provide a copy of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> to the appointed evaluator or to the director of the <span class="dictionary">community services</span> board, behavioral health authority, or hospital named in the <span class="dictionary">order</span> as soon as practicable but no later than the close of business on the next business day following entry of the <span class="dictionary">order</span>. The <span class="dictionary">party</span> requesting the evaluation pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Evaluation on motion of the Commonwealth after notice" href="/19.2-168.1/">19.2-168.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Raising question of competency to stand trial or plead; evaluation and determination of competency" href="/19.2-169.1/">19.2-169.1</a>, or <a class="law" title="Evaluation of sanity at the time of the offense; disclosure of evaluation results" href="/19.2-169.5/">19.2-169.5</a>, the attorney for the Commonwealth if treatment is ordered pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Disposition when defendant found incompetent" href="/19.2-169.2/">19.2-169.2</a>, or the petitioner if treatment is ordered pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission from local correctional facility" href="/19.2-169.6/">19.2-169.6</a> shall be responsible for providing to the court the name, address, and other contact information for the appointed evaluator or the director of the <span class="dictionary">community services</span> board, behavioral health authority, or hospital unless the court or clerk already has this information. The appointed evaluator or the director of the <span class="dictionary">community services</span> board, behavioral health authority, or hospital shall acknowledge receipt of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> to the clerk of the court on a form developed by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia as soon as practicable but no later than the close of business on the next business day following receipt of the <span class="dictionary">order</span>. The clerk shall also provide a copy of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. <a id="paragraph-221478" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-169.8/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No person shall be liable for any act or omission relating to the performance of any requirement set forth in subsection A unless the person was grossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct. <a id="paragraph-221479" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-169.8/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, cc. 446, 449; 2022, cc. 74, 75.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
