California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 1 - Department of Mental Health
Chapter 16 - State Hospital Operations
Article 7.5 - Guidelines on Court Appointment of Forensic Evaluators
Section 4750 - Definitions

(a) "Evaluator" means a psychiatrist or licensed psychologist appointed by a court to provide Forensic Evaluations as defined in this section.

(b) "Forensic Evaluation" means the assessment of a defendant, ordered by a court, in which the Evaluator opines on a defendant's competency to stand trial pursuant to Penal Code sections 1369 et seq.

(c) "Incompetent to stand trial" means that as a result of mental disorder or a developmental disability the defendant is unable to understand the nature of the criminal proceedings against him or her or to assist counsel in the conduct of a defense in a rational manner.

(d) "Licensed psychologist" means a person licensed as a psychologist by the California Board of Psychology.

(e) "Psychiatrist" means an allopathic physician licensed by the Medical Board of California who has completed a Board-approved residency-training program in psychiatry or an osteopathic physician licensed by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California who has completed a Board-approved residency-training program in psychiatry.