NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED
OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE
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Republic of Lithuania. The Annual Activity Plan of the
National Forensic Psychiatric Service, which is approved
by the Ministry of Health, foresees 4 in-service training
events each year, i.e., 3 seminars and 1 international
scientific practical conference.79
Paragraph 35 of the Regulations provides that, in order
to ensure the rights of people with disabilities, experts
shall carry out outpatient examinations not only at the
experts' workplaces, but also in other places where the
subject is present (e.g., in a healthcare institution, at the
subject's home). Outpatient examinations at non-expert
workplaces are usually carried out when the subject is not
transportable, provided that there are suitable conditions
for the examination at those places (if there are no
such conditions, the expert informs the authority which
appointed the examination).
The expert examination of each person with a mental or
intellectual disability is carried out on an individual basis
according to the complexity of the examined person's
condition, the topic of their individual work, the number
of psychometric instruments/tests required for the
assessment, and the number of goals and objectives
set for the assessment in the court's judgements. Each
person ordered by the court to be examined is evaluated
individually and takes part in the expert examination
in person. The expert's report shall be evaluated by
the court, and if the person concerned disagrees with
the expert's report, they may apply to the court for a
Reply from the National Forensic Psychiatric Service No. 1S-259, 21
September 2022.
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