In Re Maricopa County Superior Court No. MH XXXX-XXXXXX

OPINION

IRVINE, Judge.

¶ 1 When a psychiatric resident conducts the mandatory examination of an individual who is the subject of a petition for court-ordered, involuntary evaluation or treatment, Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 36-501(ll)(a) (2003) requires that the resident be supervised in the examination. We hold that although the supervising physician need not be physically present during the examination, the State must be able to present admissible evidence demonstrating that the resident was actually supervised by an attending physician with respect to the examination of that…