Sec. 1. If a hearing has been held under IC 12-26-6 or IC 12-26-7 and the court finds that the individual is:

(1) mentally ill and either dangerous or gravely disabled;

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(2) likely to benefit from an outpatient therapy program that is designed to decrease the individual’s dangerousness or disability;

(3) not likely to be either dangerous or gravely disabled if the individual complies with the therapy program; and

(4) recommended for an outpatient therapy program by the individual’s examining physician;

the court may order the individual to enter a therapy program as an outpatient.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-9.1-20.5(a).]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.62-1993, SEC.9.