Section 12-26-14-7 - Committed individuals; placement on outpatient status for remainder of commitment period If an individual:
(1) has been committed under IC 12-26-6 or IC 12-26-7;(2) is likely to benefit from a therapy program designed to decrease the individual's dangerousness or grave disability;(3) is not likely to be either dangerous or gravely disabled if the individual continues to follow the therapy program; and(4) is recommended for an outpatient therapy program by the individual's attending or examining physician; the superintendent of the facility in which the individual is committed or the court at the time of commitment may place the individual on outpatient status for the remainder of the individual's commitment period, subject to the conditions of outpatient therapy programs under section 8 of this chapter.
Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-9.1-20.1(a).
As added by P.L. 2-1992, SEC.20. Amended by P.L. 62-1993, SEC.12.