                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONFINEMENT AND TREATMENT; INTERFACILITY TRANSFERS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL VISITS;
NOTICE OF CHANGE IN TREATMENT (§ 19.2-182.4)

A. 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 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. The 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. The Commissioner shall notify the attorney for the Commonwealth for the
committing jurisdiction in writing of changes in an acquittee&#8217;s course of
treatment which will involve authorization for the acquittee to leave the
grounds of the hospital in which he is confined.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 427; 1993, c. 295; 2006, c. 358.