                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN ACTIONS MAY NOT BE AUTHORIZED (§ 37.2-1102)

The following actions may not be authorized under this chapter:

1. Nontherapeutic sterilization, abortion, or psychosurgery.

2. Admission to a training center or a hospital. However, the court may issue an
order under &#xA7; 37.2-1101 authorizing treatment of a person whose admission
to a training center or hospital has been or is simultaneously being authorized
under &#xA7; 37.2-805, 37.2-806, 37.2-807, or &#xA7;&#xA7; 37.2-809 through
37.2-813, or of a person who is subject to an order of involuntary admission
previously or simultaneously issued under &#xA7;&#xA7; 37.2-814 through 37.2-819
or of Chapter 9 (&#xA7; 37.2-900 et seq.).

3. Administration of antipsychotic medication for a period to exceed 180 days or
electroconvulsive therapy for a period to exceed 60 days pursuant to any
petition filed under this section. The court may authorize electroconvulsive
therapy only if it is demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence, which shall
include the testimony of a licensed psychiatrist, that all other reasonable
forms of treatment have been considered and that electroconvulsive therapy is
the most effective treatment for the person. Even if the court has authorized
administration of antipsychotic medication or electroconvulsive therapy
hereunder, these treatments may be administered over the person&#8217;s
objection only if he is subject to an order of involuntary admission, including
involuntary outpatient treatment, previously or simultaneously issued under
&#xA7;&#xA7; 37.2-814 through 37.2-819 or Chapter 9 (&#xA7; 37.2-900 et seq.),
or the provisions of Chapter 11 (&#xA7; 19.2-167 et seq.) or Chapter 11.1
(&#xA7; 19.2-182.2 et seq.) of Title 19.2.

4. Restraint or transportation of the person, unless the court finds upon clear
and convincing evidence that restraint or transportation is necessary to the
administration of an authorized treatment for a physical disorder or for a
mental disorder if the person is subject to an order of involuntary admission
issued previously or simultaneously under Chapter 11 (&#xA7; 19.2-167 et seq.)
or 11.1 (&#xA7; 19.2-182.2 et seq.) of Title 19.2, &#xA7;&#xA7; 37.2-814 through
37.2-819, or Chapter 9 (&#xA7; 37.2-900 et seq.).

HISTORY: 1997, c. 921, § 37.1-134.21; 1999, cc. 814, 946, 985; 2003, c. 790;
2004, cc. 66, 104, 1014; 2005, cc. 716, 751; 2012, cc. 115, 378.