Medical Observation Act
Abbreviation of 心神喪失者等医療観察法, a Japanese law providing medical care and treatment for persons who committed serious crimes while insane or with diminished capacity. Used in legal and medical contexts.
See also: 心神喪失者等医療観察法
Inpatient treatment was ordered under the Medical Observation Act.
医療観察法の対象となるのは、心神喪失等の状態で重大な他害行為を行った者です。
Those subject to the Medical Observation Act are persons who committed serious harmful acts while in a state of insanity or diminished capacity.
Full official name of the law; 医療観察法 is the common abbreviation.
Abbreviation of 心神喪失者等医療観察法 (Act on Medical Care and Treatment for Persons Who Have Caused Serious Cases Under the Condition of Insanity). The term is a compound of 医療 (medical care), 観察 (observation), and 法 (law).