[§334-129]  Failure to comply withoutpatient treatment.  (a)  An outpatient treatment psychiatrist mayprescribe or administer to the subject of the order reasonable and appropriatemedication, if specifically authorized by the court order, and treatment whichis consistent with accepted medical standards and the family court order.

(b)  No subject of the order shall bephysically forced to take medication or forcibly detained for treatment under afamily court order for involuntary outpatient treatment.

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