The representative of the State in the département may at any time order the psychiatric assessment of persons subject to a psychiatric care measure ordered in application of this chapter or chapter IV of this title or ordered in application of article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This expert assessment is carried out by a psychiatrist who does not belong to the institution in which the patient is admitted, chosen by the State representative in the département from a list drawn up by the public prosecutor, after consultation with the director general of the regional health agency for the region in which the institution is located or, failing this, from the list of experts registered with the court of appeal for the area in which the institution is located.
The State representative in the département sets the deadlines within which the expert opinion referred to in the first paragraph must be produced, up to a maximum limit set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.