New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle B - Courts
Chapter IV - Supreme Court
Subchapter A - First Judicial Department
Article 1 - Appellate Division
Subarticle B - Special Rules
Part 623 - Mental Health Professionals Panel
Section 623.5 - Appointment of mental health professionals from panel
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Appointment. A court may appoint a mental health professional or professionals to evaluate adults and children in any case involving custody and visitation, delinquency, persons in need of supervision, child abuse and neglect, termination of parental rights, family offense, and adoption wherein compensation is paid privately or pursuant to Judiciary Law, section 35 of County Law, article 18-B. Such appointments shall be from the mental health professionals panel promulgated pursuant to these rules. A court, upon a finding of good cause, may appoint a mental health professional who is not a member of the mental health professionals panel. This section shall not apply to providers of mental health services pursuant to a governmental contract.
(b) Order of appointment. The court appointing a mental health professional shall issue a written order setting forth the terms and conditions of the appointment including the method and rate of compensation and by whom such compensation is to be paid. A copy of the order shall be provided to the mental health professional and to every party to the case, including the attorney, if any, for each child.