[§334-127]  Disposition.  (a)  If after hearing all relevant evidence, including the results of an examination ordered by the family court, the family court finds that the subject of the petition does not meet the criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment, the family court shall dismiss the petition.

     (b)  If after hearing all relevant evidence, including the results of an examination ordered by the family court, the family court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the subject of the petition meets the criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment, the family court shall order the subject to obtain outpatient treatment for a period of not more than 180 days.  The order shall also state the outpatient treatment which the subject is to obtain.

     If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the beneficial mental and physical effects of recommended medication(s) outweigh the detrimental mental and physical effects, if any, the order may authorize types or classes of medication(s) to be included in outpatient treatment in the discretion of the outpatient treatment psychiatrist.

     The court order shall also state who should receive notice of intent to early discharge in the event that the outpatient treatment psychiatrist determines, prior to the end of the court ordered period of treatment, that the subject should be early discharged from outpatient involuntary treatment.

     (c)  The family court shall also designate on the order the outpatient treatment psychiatrist who is to be responsible for the management and supervision of the subject’s outpatient treatment, or shall designate an administrator of a community mental health center to, in turn, designate such an outpatient treatment psychiatrist during the treatment period without court approval, and may designate either a publicly employed psychiatrist, or a private psychiatrist, provided that the private psychiatrist shall agree to the designation. [L 1984, c 251, pt of §1]