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.