Psychological/Psychiatric Examiner Services Program

• State Court Administrator Policy 510(b) - Psychological/Psychiatrict Examiner Services Roster (effective October 1, 2019)

Revisions to the Psychological/Psychiatric Examiner Services Payment Policy went into effect on July 1, 2025.

State Court Administrator Policy 510(a) - Psychological/Psychiatric Examiner Services Payment (effective July 1, 2025)

SCA Policies 510(a) & 510(b) are accompanied by the Psychological/Psychiatric Examiner Services Program Manual (Program Manual). The Program Manual establishes procedures for the administration of both policies and provides best practice guidance for examiner services.

Effective May 10, 2010, examiners who anticipate exceeding $5,000 in service hours for an SDP/SPP exam must submit a Request to Exceed SDP/SPP Maximum Fee form for judicial approval prior to incurring the expense.

The Request to Exceed form and Instruction Sheet are provided below:

• Request to Exceed SDP-SPP Maximum Fee
• Request to Exceed SDP-SPP Maximum Fee Instructions

The examiner report templates were created as a result of recommendations from the 2019 Psych Examiner Service Judicial Workgroup. See Fast Facts - Psych Examiner Report Templates.

Examiner Reports 

Report Templates for criminal competency examinations pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, sections 611.40-59 and Minn. R. Crim. P. Rule 20.01 are under revision. 

• CRM1305 - Forensic Evaluation Report Rule 20.02

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Examiner Reports - Civil Commitments

The examiner civil commitment report templates were created in 2003 as best practice recommendation from the Psychological Services Advisory Committee. The report templates accomplish these goals:

• Organize examiner information in a consistent order of uniform headings;
• Prompt examiners to include relevant information in answers to standard case type specific questions (e.g., history, examination processes and results, and the relevant legal standard); and
• Accommodate variations in case processing and examiners' perspectives by providing expandable free-form text boxes to explain/expound on answers to standard questions.

Examiners are strongly encouraged to use the report templates. 

• Exam003: Examiner's Report - Commitment (MI) (.pdf) (.doc)                                             
• Exam004: Examiner's Report - Commitment (CD) (.pdf) (.doc)                                        
• Exam005: Examiner's Report - Commitment (DD) (.pdf) (.doc)                                            
• Exam006: Examiner's Report - Commitment (MI & CD) (.pdf) (.doc)                             
• Exam007: Examiner's Report - Commitment (MI & DD) (.pdf) (.doc)                                  
• Exam008: Examiner's Report - Commitment (MI & D) (.pdf) (.doc)                                      

Examiner Reports - SDP/SPP Commitments

• Exam009: Examiner's Report - Commitment (SDP/SPP) (.pdf) (.doc)                              
• Exam009A: Content Guide for SDP/SPP Case Type Reports (.pdf)