A. When, after hearing, a court determines that a defendant is not competent to proceed in a criminal case and the court does not find that the defendant is dangerous, the court may dismiss the criminal case without prejudice in the interests of justice. Upon dismissal, the court may advise the district attorney to consider initiation of proceedings under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code [43-1-1 N.M. Stat. Ann.] and order the defendant confined for a maximum of seven days to facilitate preparation and initiation of a petition pursuant to that code.

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B. When a district court determines that a defendant charged with a felony is incompetent to proceed in the criminal case, but does not dismiss the criminal case, and the district court at that time makes a specific finding that the defendant is dangerous, the district court may commit the defendant as provided in this section for treatment to attain competency to proceed in a criminal case. The court shall enter an appropriate transport order that also provides for return of the defendant to the local facilities of the court upon completion of the treatment. The defendant so committed shall be provided with treatment available to involuntarily committed persons, and:

(1)     the defendant shall be detained by the department of health in a secure, locked facility; and

(2)     the defendant, during the period of commitment, shall not be released from that secure facility except pursuant to an order of the district court that committed him.

C. Within thirty days of receipt of the court’s order of commitment of an incompetent defendant and of the necessary and available documents reasonably required for admission pursuant to written policies adopted by the secretary of health or his designee, the defendant shall be admitted to a facility designated for the treatment of defendants who are incompetent to stand trial and dangerous. If, after conducting an investigation, the secretary determines that the department of health does not have the ability to meet the medical needs of a defendant ordered committed to a facility, the secretary or his designee may refuse admission to the defendant upon written certification to the committing court and the parties of the lack of ability to meet the medical needs of the defendant. The certification must be made within fourteen days of the receipt of the court’s order of commitment and necessary and available documents reasonably required for admission pursuant to written policies adopted by the secretary or his designee. Within ten days of filing of the certification the court shall conduct a hearing for further disposition of the criminal case.

D. As used in Sections 31-9-1 through 31-9-1.5 N.M. Stat. Ann., “dangerous” means that, if released, the defendant presents a serious threat of inflicting great bodily harm on another or of violating Section 30-9-11 or 30-9-13 N.M. Stat. Ann..

E. Within thirty days of an incompetent defendant’s admission to a facility to undergo treatment to attain competency to proceed in a criminal case, the person supervising the defendant’s treatment shall file with the district court, the state and the defense an initial assessment and treatment plan and a report on the defendant’s amenability to treatment to render him competent to proceed in a criminal case, an assessment of the facility’s or program’s capacity to provide appropriate treatment for the defendant and an opinion as to the probability of the defendant’s attaining competency within a period of nine months from the date of the original finding of incompetency to proceed in a criminal case.