Article 89. The Purposes for which Compulsory Measures of a Medical Character are Applied

Treatment of persons indicate in the first part of Article 88 of the present Code, or improvement of their mental state, shall be the purposes for which compulsory measures of a medical character shall be applied, as well as prevention of the commission by them of new acts stipulated by articles of the Special Part of the present Code.

Article 90. Types of Compulsory Measures of a Medical Character

1. A court may establish the following types of compulsory measures of a medical character:

a) outpatient compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist;

b) compulsory treatment in a psychiatric inpatient hospital of a general type;

c) compulsory treatment in a psychiatric inpatient hospital of a specialised type;

d) compulsory treatment in a psychiatric inpatient hospital of a specialised type with intensive observation.

2. For persons convicted for crimes committed in a state of sanity, but who need treatment from alcoholism, drug addiction (addition to toxic chemicals), or treatment of mental disorders not excluding sanity, a court, along with punishment, may establish compulsory measures of a medical character in the form of outpatient compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist.

Article 91. Outpatient Compulsory Observation and Treatment by a Psychiatrist

Outpatient compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist may be established upon the existence of the bases stipulated by Article 88 of the present Code, if a person due to his mental state, does not need placement in a inpatient psychiatric hospital.

Article 92. Compulsory Treatment in an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital

1. Compulsory treatment in an inpatient psychiatric hospital may be imposed upon the existence of the bases stipulated by Article 88 of the present Code, if the character of a person's mental disorder requires such conditions of treatment, care, maintenance, and observation, which may be carried out only in an inpatient psychiatric hospital.

2. Compulsory treatment in an inpatient psychiatric hospital of a general type may be imposed upon a person who, due to his mental state, and the character of the committed act which was dangerous to society, needs inpatient hospital treatment and observation, but does not need intensive observation.

3. Compulsory treatment in an inpatient psychiatric hospital of a specialised type may be imposed upon a person who, due to his mental state and the character of the committed act which was dangerous to society, needs permanent observation.

4. Compulsory treatment in an inpatient psychiatric hospital of a specialised type with intensive observation may be imposed upon a person who, due to his mental state and the character of the committed act which was dangerous to society, presents a special danger to himself or other persons, and requires permanent and intensive observation.

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