A risk panel is a group of people that determines risk. In the field of mental health, a risk panel determines whether a person's mental illness causes them to be too much of a risk to society to be released from

involuntary commitment Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization/hospitalisation is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified agent to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is detained in a psychiatric hos ...

. In the United States, the members of such a risk panel may consist of medical officers appointed by the warden or superintendent of an institution, the

U.S. Attorney General The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the p ...

, and the

United States Public Health Service The United States Public Health Service (USPHS or PHS) is a collection of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services concerned with public health, containing nine out of the department's twelve operating divisions. The Assistant S ...

. The

Food and Drug Administration The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a List of United States federal agencies, federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is respon ...

also has a risk panel. The purpose of this 15-member advisory panel is to educate consumers about the risks and benefits of drugs, devices and vaccines.http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5351/is_200203/ai_n21310836/

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