Legal encyclopedia. Letter P

FORCED MEASURES OF THE MEDICAL CHARACTER

- a special measure that is not a punishment; Form of state influence.

PMM Kh. May be appointed by the court to persons:

1) who committed acts provided for in the articles of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, in a state of insanity;

2) who, after committing a crime, have a mental disorder that makes the appointment or execution of punishment impossible;

3) having committed a crime and suffering from mental disorders that do not exclude sanity. These persons are subject to compulsory medical measures only in cases where mental disorders are associated with the possibility of causing them other significant harm, or with a danger to themselves or others. Degree of mental disorder of the face at the time

The commission of a crime can be different.

The person to whom PM is appointed is subject to medical examination by a commission of psychiatric doctors at least once every six months to resolve the issue of the grounds for submitting an application to the court for termination or for changing such a measure.

With regard to the persons mentioned above and not presenting a danger in their mental state, the court may transfer the necessary materials to the authorities

Health care for the decision of a question on treatment of these persons or their direction in psycho-neurological establishments of social security in an order provided by the legislation of RFR on public health services.

The goals of PM application are medical treatment of the above-mentioned persons or improvement of their mental state, as well as prevention of their commission of new acts provided for in the articles of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Types of PM medical character:

1) outpatient coercive observation and treatment by a psychiatrist. It can be appointed if the person does not need a room in his mental state

Psychiatric hospital;

2) compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital of a general type. It can be prescribed to a person who, according to his mental state, needs inpatient treatment and observation, but does not require intensive monitoring;

3) compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital of a specialized type. It can be prescribed to a person who, according to his mental state, requires constant observation;

4) compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital of a specialized type with intensive supervision. It can be assigned to a person who, in his mental state, presents a particular danger to himself or others and requires constant and intensive observation.

Persons convicted of crimes committed in a state of sanity, but in need of treatment of mental disorders that do not exclude sanity, the court along with the punishment can appoint PM medical character in the form of outpatient coercive observation and treatment by a psychiatrist.