Arizona Laws 36-3711. Conditional release to a less restrictive alternative; findings
Before the court orders that a person be conditionally released to a less restrictive alternative, the court shall find that all of the following apply:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-3711
- Agency: means any agency that is authorized to direct the release of a person who is serving a sentence or term of confinement or who is receiving treatment, including a state or federal prison, a county jail and the Arizona state hospital or other mental health treatment agency. See Arizona Laws 36-3701
- Less restrictive alternative: means court ordered treatment in a setting that is less restrictive than total confinement and that is conducted in a setting approved by the superintendent of the state hospital. See Arizona Laws 36-3701
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. The person will be treated by a provider who is qualified to provide the necessary treatment in this state.
2. The provider presents a specific course of treatment for the person, agrees to assume responsibility for the person’s treatment, will report on the person’s progress to the court on a regular basis and will report any violations as prescribed in paragraphs 4 and 5 of this section immediately to the court, the attorney for the state and the superintendent of the state hospital.
3. The person who is conditionally released to a less restrictive alternative has housing arrangements that are sufficiently secure to protect the community and the person or agency that is providing the housing to the conditionally released person agrees in writing to the following conditions:
(a) To accept the conditionally released person.
(b) To provide the level of security that the court requires.
(c) To immediately report the unauthorized absence of the conditionally released person from the housing arrangement to which the person has been assigned.
4. The person will comply with the provider and all of the requirements that are imposed by the provider and the court.
5. The person will comply with the supervision requirements that are imposed by the department of health services or the county probation department if the person is serving a term of probation.