{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-171-b-2","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 171-B:2","heading":"Involuntary Admission Standard.","body":"The standard to be used by a court, physician, psychologist or psychiatrist in determining whether a person should be admitted on an involuntary basis shall be whether:\nI. The person has been charged with a felony involving serious bodily injury or the use of a deadly weapon, or with aggravated felonious sexual assault (other than pursuant to RSA 632-A:2, I(h)) or felonious sexual assault, or with arson pursuant to RSA 634:1, II or III;\nII. A district court, superior court, or grand jury has found that probable cause exists that the person committed a felony as set forth in paragraph I;\nIII. The person is determined to be not competent to stand trial;\nIV. The person has an intellectual disability, as defined in the most current edition of the Diagnostic Manual-Intellectual Disability developed by the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed in association with the American Psychiatric Association; and\nV. The person has a condition or behavior as a result of which the person poses a potentially serious likelihood of danger to others or a potentially serious threat of engaging in acts which would constitute arson as evidenced by a specific act or actions which may include such act or actions giving rise to the felony charge according to RSA 171-B:2, I.","path":["Title XII: PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE","Chapter 171-B: INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION FOR PERSONS FOUND NOT COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XII/171-B/171-B-2.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:53:48Z","sha256":"54dff99f3cce2c4d518c7d30193371bff967f82cf9aaae2f78bf64cb198e289c","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-171-b-1","next":"us-nh/rsa-171-b-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}