[§334-127]  Disposition.  (a)  If afterhearing all relevant evidence, including the results of an examination orderedby the family court, the family court finds that the subject of the petitiondoes not meet the criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment, the familycourt shall dismiss the petition.

(b)  If after hearing all relevant evidence,including the results of an examination ordered by the family court, the familycourt finds by clear and convincing evidence that the subject of the petition meetsthe criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment, the family court shall orderthe subject to obtain outpatient treatment for a period of not more than 180days.  The order shall also state the outpatient treatment which the subject isto obtain.

If the court finds by clear and convincingevidence that the beneficial mental and physical effects of recommendedmedication(s) outweigh the detrimental mental and physical effects, if any, theorder may authorize types or classes of medication(s) to be included inoutpatient treatment in the discretion of the outpatient treatmentpsychiatrist.

The court order shall also state who shouldreceive notice of intent to early discharge in the event that the outpatienttreatment psychiatrist determines, prior to the end of the court ordered periodof treatment, that the subject should be early discharged from outpatientinvoluntary treatment.

(c)  The family court shall also designate onthe order the outpatient treatment psychiatrist who is to be responsible forthe management and supervision of the subject’s outpatient treatment, or shalldesignate an administrator of a community mental health center to, in turn,designate such an outpatient treatment psychiatrist during the treatment periodwithout court approval, and may designate either a publicly employedpsychiatrist, or a private psychiatrist, provided that the private psychiatristshall agree to the designation. [L 1984, c 251, pt of §1]