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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-6A-08" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2030 PER CHAPTERS 703 AND 704 OF 2024" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="6A" subtitle_name="Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If, after hearing all relevant evidence, the court does not find by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent meets the criteria for assisted outpatient treatment, the court shall deny the petition.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If, after hearing all relevant evidence, the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent meets the criteria for assisted outpatient treatment, the court shall order the respondent to comply with assisted outpatient treatment for a period not to exceed 1 year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The order of the court shall incorporate a treatment plan that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is limited in scope to the elements included in the treatment plan presented to the court under  § 10–6A–06 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Includes only those elements that the court finds by clear and convincing evidence to be essential to the maintenance of the respondent’s health or safety.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
