[§334-129]  Failure to comply with
outpatient treatment.  (a)  An outpatient treatment psychiatrist may
prescribe or administer to the subject of the order reasonable and appropriate
medication, if specifically authorized by the court order, and treatment which
is consistent with accepted medical standards and the family court order.



(b)  No subject of the order shall be
physically forced to take medication or forcibly detained for treatment under a
family court order for involuntary outpatient treatment.



(c)  The outpatient treatment psychiatrist or
psychiatrist’s designee shall make all reasonable efforts to solicit the
subject’s compliance with the prescribed treatment.  If the subject fails or
refuses to comply after the efforts to solicit compliance, the outpatient
treatment psychiatrist shall so notify the court and may submit a petition
under part IV for the involuntary hospitalization of the subject, provided that
the refusal of treatment shall not constitute evidence toward any of the
criteria for involuntary hospitalization. [L 1984, c 251, pt of §1]