Sec.17a-581-2. Definitions

(a) As used in Section 17a-581-1 through Section 17a-581-57 inclusive, the following definitions shall apply unless otherwise required by a specific statute.

(1) "PSRB" or "Board" means the Psychiatric Security Review Board of the State of Connecticut established by Sections 17a-581 of the General Statutes.

(2) "Acquittee" means any person who is found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to Section 53a-13 of the General Statutes and placed under the jurisdiction of the PSRB by the Court, or any person who was found not guilty by mental disease or defect, or guilty but not criminally responsible, pursuant to Section 53a-13 of the General Statutes and who, on July 1, 1985, was subject to Court supervision pursuant to Section 53a-47 of the General Statutes.

(3) "Court" means the Superior Court.

(4) "Hospital" or "hospital for mental illness" means any public or private hospital, retreat, institution, house, or place in which a mentally ill or drug dependent person is received or detained as an acquittee, but does not include any correctional institution of the state.

(5) "Mental illness" means any mental illness or mental disease as defined by the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association and as may hereafter be amended. This definition includes any mental illness in a state of remission which may become active with reasonable medical probability.

(6) "Danger to self or to others" means the risk of imminent physical injury to others or self, and also includes the risk of loss or destruction of the property of others.

(7) "Temporary leaves" means any period of time authorized by the Board pursuant to Section 17a-587 of the General Statutes, during which an acquittee is off the grounds of the hospital for therapeutic purposes and is not accompanied by hospital staff or an acquittee is temporarily out of the custody of the Commissioner of Mental Retardation for therapeutic purposes.

(8) "Conditional release" means release from a hospital or custody of the Commissioner of Mental Retardation with supervision and treatment provided on an outpatient basis as designated and ordered by the PSRB. A conditionally released acquittee remains under the jurisdiction of the PSRB.

(9) "Person who should be conditionally released" means an acquittee who is mentally ill or mentally retarded to the extent that his final discharge would constitute a danger to himself or others but who can be adequately controlled with available supervision and treatment on conditional release.

(10) "Person who should be confined" means an acquittee who is mentally ill or mentally retarded to the extent that his discharge or release from the hospital on conditional release would constitute a danger to himself or others, and who cannot be controlled adequately with available supervision and treatment on conditional release.

(11) "Person who should be discharged" means an acquittee who is not mentally ill or mentally retarded to the extent that his discharge would constitute a danger to himself or others.

(12) "Psychiatrist" means a physician specializing in psychiatry and licensed under the provisions of Sections 20-9 to 20-12, inclusive, of the General Statutes.

(13) "Psychologist" means a clinical psychologist licensed under the provisions of Sections 20-186 to 20-195, inclusive, of the General Statutes.

(14) "State's Attorney" means the State's Attorney for the judicial district wherein the acquittee was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to Section 53a-13 of the General Statutes.

(15) "Superintendent" means any person, body of persons or corporation, or the designee of any such person, body of persons or corporation, which has the immediate supervision, management and control of a hospital for mental illness and the acquittees therein.

(16) "Quorum" means a majority of Board members.

(17) "Statutory hearing" or "hearing" means a procedure of the Board which is conducted as a contested case pursuant to Chapter 54 of the General Statutes in which an application for temporary leave, conditional release, confinement, modification or revocation of conditional release, discharge, continued confinement or a review of status pursuant to Sections 17a-580 through 17a-602, inclusive, of the General Statutes is heard by the Board.

(18) "Administrative meeting" means any meeting of the Board where a quorum is present for the purpose of considering Board administrative and policy matters.

(19) "Conference" means a process other than a hearing of the Board where a quorum is present and an application for a temporary leave, an application for or motion for consideration of discharge, or a petition for order of continued commitment is considered by the Board. Conference decisions will be based upon the Board's consideration of the administrative records from prior proceedings concerning the particular acquittee, as well as the information contained in the application, motion or petition before the Board.

(20) "Conditional Release Supervisor" means the person or agency designated by the PSRB to supervise and report to the PSRB on the progress of the acquittee and conformance by the acquittee to the conditional release plan.

(21) "Conditional Release Provider" means the person or agency designated by the PSRB to treat the acquittee while on conditional release. This person or agency shall report to the PSRB.

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(Effective May 21, 1992)