Rhode Island § 40.1-5.3-6 § 40.1-5.3-6. Examination of persons awaiting trial or convicted and imprisoned for crime.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 40.1-5.3-6 — § 40.1-5.3-6. Examination of persons awaiting trial or convicted and imprisoned for crime.

Rhode Island § 40.1-5.3-6

Title 40.1Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

Ch. 40.1-5.3Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-5.3-6 (2026).

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§ 40.1-5.3-6. Examination of persons awaiting trial or convicted and imprisoned for crime.
On a petition of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental
            disabilities and hospitals, or on the petition of the director of the department of
            corrections, setting forth that any person awaiting trial or convicted of a crime
            and imprisoned for the crime in the adult correctional institutions is mentally ill
            and requires specialized mental health care and psychiatric in-patient services that
            cannot be provided in a correctional facility, a judge of the district court or justice
            of the superior court may order the examination of the 

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§ 40.1-5.3-6. Examination of persons awaiting trial or convicted and imprisoned for crime.

On a petition of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or on the petition of the director of the department of corrections, setting forth that any person awaiting trial or convicted of a crime and imprisoned for the crime in the adult correctional institutions is mentally ill and requires specialized mental health care and psychiatric in-patient services that cannot be provided in a correctional facility, a judge of the district court or justice of the superior court may order the examination of the person as in his or her discretion he or she shall deem appropriate.

Legislative History

P.L. 1973, ch. 175, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 26-4-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 576, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 97; P.L. 2013, ch. 279, § 1.