An advantage of performing competency evaluations on an inpatient basis is that additional information can be gathered:

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Performing competency evaluations on an inpatient basis allows for more opportunities to gather information from third parties such as medical records, law enforcement reports, and interviews with staff and other individuals who have interacted with the defendant.

An Advantage of Performing Competency Evaluations on an Inpatient Basis