Any person sentenced under ORS 161.725 and 161.735, shall be given such physical, mental and psychiatric observation and treatment as is available and may tend to rehabilitate such person and make possible the earliest possible release from the Department of Corrections institution in which such person is confined, with the least possible danger to the health and safety of others.
ORS 421.155
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 26 Or. App. 799 - Kent v. Cupp (1976)
Most recently applied in 226 Or. App. 104 - Patterson v. Foote (February 2009)
Formerly 421.232; 1971 c.743 §364; 1987 c.320 §173
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