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V.I. Code tit. 19, § 651 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter III - Drug Dealer Liability|§ 651. Comparative responsibility

 (a) An action by an individual user of an illegal controlled substance is governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Comparative responsibility attributed to the plaintiff does not bar recovery but diminishes the award of compensatory damages proportionally, according to the measure of responsibility attributed to the plaintiff, in accordance with Title 5, section 1451, of this Code. (b) The burden of proving the comparative responsibility of the plaintiff is on the defendant, which shall be shown by clear and convincing evidence. (c) Comparative responsibility shall not be attributed to a plaintiff who is not an individual user of a controlled substance, unless that plaintiff willfully and knowingly gave the individual user money for the purchase of the illegal controlled substance.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 652 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter III - Drug Dealer Liability|§ 652. Contribution among and recovery from multiple defendants

 A person subject to liability under this subchapter has a right of action for contribution against another person subject to liability under this subchapter. Contribution may be enforced either in the original action or by a separate action brought for that purpose. A plaintiff may seek recovery in accordance with this subchapter and other laws against a person whom a defendant has asserted a right of contribution.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 653 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter III - Drug Dealer Liability|§ 653. Standard of proof; effect of criminal drug conviction

 (a) Proof of liability in an action brought under this subchapter shall be shown by clear and convincing evidence. Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, other elements of the cause of action shall be shown by a preponderance of the evidence. (b)  (1) A person against whom recovery is sought who has a criminal conviction pursuant to the laws of the Virgin Islands, any foreign country, state or federal laws prohibiting the illegal sale of controlled substances is estopped from denying participation in the illegal market for controlled substances. Except as provided in paragraph (2), this subsection does not affect the plaintiff's burden of proving section 646(b)(2)(A), (B) and (C) of this subchapter. (2) Such a conviction is also prima facie evidence of the person's participation in the marketing of a specified illegal controlled substance used by the individual user where that conviction was based upon the person's marketing of that same type of illegal controlled substance. (c) The absence of a criminal conviction of a person pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, against whom recovery is sought does not bar an action against that person in an action pursuant to section 646(b)(1), or section 647 of this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 654 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter III - Drug Dealer Liability|§ 654. Prejudgment attachment and execution on judgment

 (a) A plaintiff, under this subchapter, subject to subsection (c) of this section, may request an ex parte prejudgment attachment order from the court against all assets of a defendant sufficient to satisfy a potential award. If attachment is instituted, a defendant is entitled to an immediate hearing. Attachment may be lifted if the defendant demonstrates that the assets will be available for a potential award, or if the defendant posts a bond sufficient to cover a potential award. (b) A person against whom a judgment has been rendered under this subchapter is not eligible to exempt any property, of whatever kind, from process to levy or process to execute on the judgment. (c) Any asset sought to satisfy a judgment under this subchapter that is named in a forfeiture action or has been seized for forfeiture by any Virgin Islands or federal agency may not be used to satisfy a judgment unless and until the asset has been released following the conclusion of the forfeiture action or released by the agency that seized the asset.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 655 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter III - Drug Dealer Liability|§ 655. Statute of limitation

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a claim under this subchapter shall not be brought more than one year after the cause of action accrues. A cause of action accrues under this subchapter when a person who may recover has reason to know of the harm from use of an illegal controlled substance that is the basis for the cause of action and has reason to know that the use of the illegal controlled substance is the cause of the harm. (b) For a defendant, the statute of limitations under this section does not expire until one year after the individual potential defendant is convicted of a criminal offense involving an illegal controlled substance.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 656 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter III - Drug Dealer Liability|§ 656. Stay of action

 On motion by a governmental agency involved in an investigation or prosecution of a case involving illegal controlled substances, an action brought under this subchapter shall be stayed until the completion of the criminal investigation or prosecution that gave rise to the motion for a stay of the action.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 657 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter III - Drug Dealer Liability|§ 657. Severability clause

 If any provision of this subchapter or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this subchapter and the application of such provision to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected by that invalidation.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 658 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter III - Drug Dealer Liability|§ 658. Effective date

 This subchapter takes effect upon enactment.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 661 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter IV - Civil Commitment and Rehabilitation of Narcotic Addicts|§ 661. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter: (a) “Addict” means any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drugs as defined by section 593 of this title, so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so far addicted to the use of such narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his addiction. (b) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Health. (c) “Crime of violence” includes voluntary manslaughter, murder, rape, mayhem, kidnapping, robbery, arson, burglary, extortion accompanied by threats of violence, assault with a dangerous weapon or assault with intent to commit any offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses. (d) “Treatment” includes confinement and treatment in an institution and under supervised aftercare in the community and includes, but is not limited to, medical, educational, social, psychological, and vocational services, corrective and preventive guidance and training, and other rehabilitative services designed to protect the public and benefit the addict by correcting his antisocial tendencies and ending his dependence on addicting drugs and his susceptibility to addiction. (e) “Felony” includes any offense in violation of a law of the Virgin Islands classified as a felony under section 2 of Title 14 of the Virgin Islands Code. (f) “Conviction” and “convicted” mean the final judgment on a verdict or finding of guilty, a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere but do not include a final judgment which has been expunged by pardon, reversed, set aside or otherwise rendered nugatory. (g) “Eligible individual” means any individual who is charged with an offense against the Government of the Virgin Islands, but does not include: (1) an individual charged with a crime of violence. (2) an individual charged with unlawfully importing, selling, or conspiring to import or sell, a narcotic drug. (3) an individual against whom there is pending a prior charge of a felony which has not been finally determined or who is on probation or whose sentence following conviction on such a charge, including any time on parole or mandatory release, has not been fully served; Provided, That an individual on probation, parole, or mandatory release shall be included if the authority authorized to require his return to custody consents to his commitment. (4) an individual who has been convicted of any felony on two or more occasions. (5) an individual who has been civilly committed under this subchapter, under the District of Columbia Code, or any State proceeding because of narcotic addiction on three or more occasions.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 663 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter IV - Civil Commitment and Rehabilitation of Narcotic Addicts|§ 663. Authority and responsibilities of the Commissioner of Health; institutional custody; aftercare; maximum period of civil commitment; credit toward sentence

 (a) An individual who is committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Health for treatment under this chapter shall not be conditionally released from institutional custody until the Commissioner of Health determines that he has made sufficient progress to warrant release to a supervisory aftercare authority. If the Commissioner of Health is unable to make such a determination at the expiration of twenty-four months after the commencement of institutional custody, he shall advise the court and the Attorney General or United States Attorney whichever shall be charged with the prosecution of the complaint whether treatment should be continued. The court in its discretion may affirm the commitment or terminate it and resume the pending criminal proceeding. (b) An individual who is conditionally released from institutional custody shall, while on release, remain in the legal custody of the Commissioner of Health and shall report for such supervised aftercare treatment as the Commissioner of Health directs. He shall be subject to home visits and to such physical examination and reasonable regulation of his conduct as the supervisory aftercare authority establishes, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Health. The Commissioner of Health, at any time, may order in writing a conditionally released individual to return for institutional treatment. The Commissioner of Health's order shall be a sufficient warrant for the supervisory aftercare authority, a probation officer, or any officer authorized to serve criminal process within the Virgin Islands to apprehend and return the individual to institutional custody as directed. If it is determined that an individual has returned to the use of narcotics, the Commissioner of Health shall inform the court of the conditions under which the return occurred and make a recommendation as to whether treatment should be continued. The court after notice and hearing and for good cause shown may affirm the commitment or terminate it and resume the pending criminal proceeding. (c) The total period of treatment for any individual committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Health shall not exceed thirty-six months. If, at the expiration of such maximum period, the Commissioner of Health is unable to certify that the individual has successfully completed his treatment program, the pending criminal proceeding shall be resumed. (d) Whenever a pending criminal proceeding against an individual is resumed under this subchapter, he shall receive full credit toward the service of any sentence which may thereafter be imposed, for any time spent in the institutional custody of the Commissioner of Health or the Police Commissioner or any other time spent in institutional custody in connection with the matter for which sentence is imposed.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 664 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter IV - Civil Commitment and Rehabilitation of Narcotic Addicts|§ 664. Civil commitment not a conviction; use of test results

 The determination of narcotic addiction and the subsequent civil commitment under this chapter shall not be deemed a criminal conviction. The results of any tests or procedures conducted by the Commissioner of Health or the supervisory aftercare authority to determine narcotic addiction may only be used in a further proceeding under this subchapter. They shall not be used against the examined individual in any criminal proceeding except that the fact that he is a narcotic addict may be elicited on his cross-examination as bearing on his credibility as a witness.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 665 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter IV - Civil Commitment and Rehabilitation of Narcotic Addicts|§ 665. Delegation of functions by Commissioner of Health; use of Federal, territorial, state and private facilities

 (a) The Commissioner of Health may from time to time make such provision as he deems appropriate authorizing the performance of any of his functions under this subchapter by any other officer or employee of the Department of Health, or with the consent of the head of the department or agency concerned, by any Federal or other public or private agency, or officer or employee thereof. (b) The Commissioner of Health is authorized to enter into arrangements with any public or private agency or any person under which appropriate facilities or services of such agency or person will be made available, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, for the examination or treatment of individuals who elect civil commitment under this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 666 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter IV - Civil Commitment and Rehabilitation of Narcotic Addicts|§ 666. Absence of offer by the court to a defendant of an election under section 4302(a) or any determination as to civil commitment, not reviewable on appeal or otherwise

 The failure of a court to offer a defendant an election under section 662 of this chapter, or a determination relative to civil commitment under this subchapter shall not be reviewable on appeal or otherwise.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 681 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter V - Civil Commitment of Persons Not Charged With Any Criminal Offense|§ 681. Definitions

 For the purposes of this subchapter, the term— (a) “Narcotic addict” means any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug as defined by section 593 of this title so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is or has been so far addicted to the use of such narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his addiction. (b) “Treatment” includes confinement and treatment in a hospital of the Department of Health and under supervised aftercare in the community and includes, but is not limited to, medical, educational, social, psychological, and vocational services, corrective and preventive guidance and training, and other rehabilitative services designed to protect the public and benefit the addict by correcting his antisocial tendencies and ending his dependence on addicting drugs and his susceptibility to addiction. (c) “Commissioner of Health” means the Commissioner of Health of the Government of the Virgin Islands. (d) “Hospital of the Service” means any hospital or other facility of the Department of Health especially equipped for the accommodation of addicts, or any other appropriate public or private hospital or other facility available to the Commissioner of Health for the care and treatment of addicts. (e) “Patient” means any person with respect to whom a petition has been filed by a United States Attorney or Attorney General as provided under section 682 of this title. (f) “Posthospitalization program” shall mean any program providing for the treatment and supervision of a person established by the Commissioner of Health pursuant to section 687 of this title. (g) “State” includes the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (h) “United States“ includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (i) “Related individual” means any person with whom the alleged narcotic addict may reside or at whose house he may be, or the husband or wife, father or mother, brother or sister, or the child or the nearest available relative of the alleged narcotic addict or any other interested individual, provided such person is over the age of 21 years.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 682 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter V - Civil Commitment of Persons Not Charged With Any Criminal Offense|§ 682. Preliminary proceedings—Petition for treatment

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 691 of this title, whenever any narcotic addict desires to obtain treatment for his addiction, or whenever a related individual has reason to believe that any person is a narcotic addict, such addict or related individual may file a petition with the United States Attorney or Attorney General requesting that such addict or person be admitted to a hospital of the Service for treatment of his addiction. Any such petition filed by a narcotic addict shall set forth his name and address and the facts relating to his addiction. Any such petition filed by a related individual with respect to a person believed by such individual to be a narcotic addict shall set forth the name and address of the alleged narcotic addict and the facts or other data on which the petitioner bases his belief that the person with respect to whom the petition is filed is a narcotic addict. Petition for confinement; consultations respecting availability of facilities  (b) After considering such petition, the United States Attorney or Attorney General as the case may be shall, if he determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the person named in such petition is a narcotic addict, and that appropriate facilities are not available to such person, file a petition with the United States District Court to commit such person to a hospital of the Service for treatment as provided in this subchapter. In making his determination with respect to the non-availability of such facilities, the United States Attorney or Attorney General shall consult with the Commissioner of Health, and other appropriate officials. Order for medical examination and hearing; personal service  (c) Upon the filing of any such petition by the United States Attorney or Attorney General, the court may order the patient to appear before it for an examination by physicians as provided under section 683 of this title and for a hearing, if required, under section 684 of this title. The court shall cause a copy of such petition and order to be served personally upon the patient by a United States marshal or Superior Court marshal.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 684 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter V - Civil Commitment of Persons Not Charged With Any Criminal Offense|§ 684. Hearings—Discharge of patient and dismissal of proceedings; notice of time and place; service; issues of fact; demand for jury or judicial determination

 (a) If both examining physicians (referred to in section 683 of this title) conclude in their respective written reports that the patient is not a narcotic addict, or is an addict not likely to be rehabilitated through treatment, the court shall immediately enter an order discharging the patient and dismissing the proceedings under this subchapter. If the written report of either such physician indicates that the patient is a narcotic addict who is likely to be rehabilitated through treatment, or that the physician submitting the report is unable to reach any conclusion by reason of the refusal of the patient to submit to a thorough examination, the court shall promptly set the case for hearing. The court shall cause a written notice of the time and place of such hearing to be served personally upon the patient and his attorney. Such notice shall also inform the patient that upon demand made by him within fifteen days after he has been served, he shall be entitled to have all issues of fact with respect to his alleged narcotic addiction determined by the court. Evidence; patient's testimony; examinations and cross-examinations; judicial review of orders of commitment  (b) In conducting any hearing under this subchapter, the court shall receive and consider all relevant evidence and testimony which may be offered, including the contents of the reports referred to in section 683, of this title. Any patient with respect to whom a hearing is held under this subchapter shall be entitled to testify and to present and cross-examine witnesses. All final orders of commitment under this subchapter shall be subject to review in conformity with the provisions of sections 1254 and 1291 of Title 28, United States Code. Detention of patient  (c) Any patient with respect to whom a hearing has been set under this subchapter may be detained by the court for a reasonable period of time in a suitable hospital or other facility designated by the court until after such hearing has been concluded. Witness fees and mileage  (d) Witnesses subpoenaed by either party under the provisions of this subchapter shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid to other witnesses in the courts of the United States.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 685 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part III - Food and Drugs|Chapter 29 - Controlled Substances|Subchapter V - Civil Commitment of Persons Not Charged With Any Criminal Offense|§ 685. Order of commitment for treatment to care and custody of Commissioner of Health; reports of Commissioner of Health

 If the court determines after a hearing that such patient is a narcotic addict who is likely to be rehabilitated through treatment, the court shall order him committed to the care and custody of the Commissioner of Health for treatment in a hospital of the Service. The Commissioner of Health shall submit to the court written reports with respect to such patient at such time as the court may direct. Such reports shall include information as to the health and general condition of the patient, together with the recommendations of the Commissioner of Health concerning the continued confinement and treatment of such patient.