New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle D - Forms
Chapter VI - Forms For Use In Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction
Form 16-n - Notice of dismissal of indictment

C.P.L. Article 730

FORM 16-n

12/88

STATE OF NEW YORK

OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH/

OFFICE OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

NOTICE OF DISMISSAL OF INDICTMENT

TO: ________

________

________

The Commissioner of (OMH) (OMRDD) was served on ________, 19 ________, with an order of the ________ Court, County of ________, dismissing the indictment against ________, a patient presently in the custody of the Commissioner pursuant to order of such court and confined at your facility.

Authority to retain the above-named patient will cease thirty days from the date of said service. The patient should therefore be examined and a determination made as to the need for continued in-patient care and treatment.

If the patient is found to be mentally ill or mentally defective and in need of continued in-patient care and treatment, the Director should proceed in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the Mental Hygiene Law and section 111.7 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (adopted as a regulation of the Office of Mental Health by section 9.1 of Title 14 NYCRR).

________

For the Commissioner of

(OMH) (OMRDD)

Dated: ________