SOP_NUMBER: 508.26-att-3
TITLE: Notification of Involuntary Medication Due Process Committee Hearing
REFERENCE_CODE: VG66-0001
DIVISION: Mental Health Administration
TOPIC_AREA: 508 Policy - Mental Health Administration/Staff/Certification
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2023-08-08
WORD_COUNT: 291
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/290545
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/508.26-att-3/

SUMMARY:
This form notifies an offender that the Mental Health Involuntary Medication Due Process Committee will hold a hearing to review whether criteria for involuntary medication were met and whether the medication should continue. The offender is informed of their rights, including the right to refuse medication, have an advocate, appear before the committee, obtain written results, and be represented by legal counsel.

KEY_TOPICS: involuntary medication, due process hearing, mental health committee, medication refusal, offender rights, advocacy, psychotropic medication, mental health administration, medication consent, offender notification

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Involuntary Medication Order Check Sheet
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/508.26-att-1/
  2. Physician Opinion for Involuntary Medication
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/508.26-att-2/
  3. Notification of Involuntary Medication Due Process Committee Hearing
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/508.26-att-3/
  4. Involuntary Medication Rights of Offender
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/508.26-att-4/
  5. Mental Health Due Process Committee Involuntary Medication Review
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/508.26-att-5/
  6. Involuntary Medication Hearing Log
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/508.26-att-6/
  7. Notification of Involuntary Medication Due Process Committee Decision
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/508.26-att-7/

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SOP 508.26
Attachment 3

8/8/23


**Notification of Involuntary Medication Committee Hearing**


Date: ________________________________________


To: __________________________________________ ______________________________
Offender Name ID #

From: _______________________________________________  Mental Health Unit Manager

**RE:** **Mental Health Involuntary Medication Due Process Committee Hearing**

This is to advise you that the Mental Health Involuntary Medication Due Process Committee will

meet on _____________________________ at _____________________ hours in the following

location: ____________________________________________________. The Committee will

discuss the involuntary medication order prescribed by _________________________________,

MD on ____________________________. The purpose of the meeting is to determine whether
the criteria, as set forth in Georgia Department of Corrections, Standard Operating Procedure
508.26 was met prior to the administration of the involuntary medication. The Committee will also
decide whether conditions for continuation of the involuntary medication order have been met.

You have specific rights as outlined by the assigned Advocate. You have the right to comply with
the medication order voluntarily, prior to the Committee meeting by signing a Medication Consent
form. You have the right to receive, in writing, the results of the Committee proceedings. Also,
you may be represented by private legal counsel at your expense. An Advocate will be appointed
to assist you. You may appear before the Committee to explain your reason for refusing the
medication.

A representative from the Mental Health Staff, _______________________________, has been
appointed to assist you as your Advocate. The assistance of this staff member will be limited to
helping you to verbalize your reason for refusal of the medication.


Form no. M66-01-03 1

Retention Schedule: Completed forms shall be given to the Offender (original), a copy placed in the offender’s mental health file (section 5) and
medical file (section 5). At the end of the offender’s need for mental health services and/or sentence, the mental health file shall be placed within
the offender’s health record and retained for 10 years.