Article 93. Extension, Change, and Termination of the Application of Compulsory Measures of a Medical Character

1. Extension, change, or termination of the application of compulsory measures of a medical character shall be carried out by a court, pursuant to a proposal from the administration of a given institution carrying out compulsory treatment, on the basis of a report of a commission of psychiatrists.

2. A person upon whom a compulsory measure of a medical character is imposed shall be subject to certification by a commission of psychiatrists not less frequently than once every six months in order to decide on whether bases exist for the submission of a proposal to a court on the termination or change of such a measure. In the absence of bases for the termination of the application, or the changing of a compulsory measure of a medical character, the administration of a given institution carrying out compulsory treatment shall submit to a court a report on the extension of compulsory treatment. The first extension of compulsory treatment may be carried out upon the expiration of six months from the moment of the beginning of treatment, and a subsequent extension of compulsory treatment shall be carried out annually.

3. Changing or termination of a compulsory measure of a medical character shall be carried out by a court in case there is such a change in the mental state of a given person, that the need no longer exists to apply the earlier imposed measure, or the need arises for the application of another compulsory measure of a medical character.

4. In case of the termination of the application of compulsory treatment in an inpatient psychiatric hospital, a court may transfer the necessary materials with regard to a person who was undergoing compulsory treatment to the health protection bodies in order to decide the issue of his treatment or transfer to a psycho-neurological institution through the procedure stipulated by legislation on health protection.