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UT Code § 62A-15-628 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 628 - Involuntary commitment -- Procedures.

 Effective 5/8/2018  62A-15-628. Involuntary commitment -- Procedures.    (1) An adult may not be involuntarily committed to the custody of a local mental health authority except under the following provisions:   (a) emergency procedures for temporary commitment upon medical or designated examiner certification, as provided in Subsection 62A-15-629(1)(a);     (b) emergency procedures for temporary commitment without endorsement of medical or designated examiner certification, as provided in Subsection 62A-15-629(1)(b); or     (c) commitment on court order, as provided in Section 62A-15-631.       (2) A person under 18 years of age may be committed to the physical custody of a local mental health authority only in accordance with the provisions of Part 7, Commitment of Persons Under Age 18 to Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.    Amended by Chapter 322, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 62A-15-630 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 630 - Mental health commissioners.

62A-15-630. Mental health commissioners.  The court may appoint a mental health commissioner to assist in conducting commitment proceedings in accordance with Section 78A-5-107.  Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 62A-15-630.4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 630.4 - Assisted outpatient treatment services.

 Effective 5/14/2019  62A-15-630.4. Assisted outpatient treatment services.    (1) The local mental health authority or its designee shall provide assisted outpatient treatment, which shall include:   (a) case management; and     (b) an individualized treatment plan, created with input from the proposed patient when possible.       (2) A court order for assisted outpatient treatment does not create independent authority to forcibly medicate a patient.    Enacted by Chapter 256, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 62A-15-632 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 632 - Circumstances under which conditions justifying initial involuntary commitment shall be considered to continue to exist.

 Effective 5/5/2021  62A-15-632. Circumstances under which conditions justifying initial involuntary commitment shall be considered to continue to exist.    (1) When an individual is involuntarily committed to the custody of a local mental health authority under Subsection 62A-15-631(16), the conditions justifying commitment under that Subsection shall be considered to continue to exist for purposes of continued treatment under Subsection 62A-15-631(17) or conditional release under Section 62A-15-637 if the court finds that:   (a) the patient is still mentally ill;     (b) there is no appropriate less restrictive alternative to a court order of involuntary commitment; and     (c) absent an order of involuntary commitment, the patient will likely pose a substantial danger to self or others.       (2) When an individual has been ordered to assisted outpatient treatment under Subsection 62A-15-630.5(14), the individual may be involuntarily committed to the custody of a local mental health authority under Subsection 62A-15-631(16) for purposes of continued treatment under Subsection 62A-15-631(17) or conditional release under Section 62A-15-637, if the court finds that:   (a) the patient is still mentally ill;     (b) there is no appropriate less-restrictive alternative to a court order of involuntary commitment; and     (c) based upon the patient's conduct and statements during the preceding six months, or the patient's failure to comply with treatment recommendations during the preceding six months, the court finds that absent an order of involuntary commitment, the patient is likely to pose a substantial danger to self or others.       (3) A patient whose treatment is continued or who is conditionally released under the terms of this section shall be maintained in the least restrictive environment available that can provide the patient with treatment that is adequate and appropriate.    Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 122, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 62A-15-633 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 633 - Persons eligible for care or treatment by federal agency -- Continuing jurisdiction of state courts.

62A-15-633. Persons eligible for care or treatment by federal agency -- Continuing jurisdiction of state courts.    (1) If an individual committed pursuant to Section 62A-15-631 is eligible for care or treatment by any agency of the United States, the court, upon receipt of a certificate from a United States agency, showing that facilities are available and that the individual is eligible for care or treatment therein, may order the individual to be placed in the custody of that agency for care.     (2) When admitted to any facility or institution operated by a United States agency, within or without this state, the individual shall be subject to the rules and regulations of that agency.     (3) The chief officer of any facility or institution operated by a United States agency and in which the individual is hospitalized, shall, with respect to that individual, be vested with the same powers as the superintendent or director of a mental health facility, regarding detention, custody, transfer, conditional release, or discharge of patients. Jurisdiction is retained in appropriate courts of this state at any time to inquire into the mental condition of an individual so hospitalized, and to determine the necessity for continuance of hospitalization, and every order of hospitalization issued pursuant to this section is so conditioned.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-634 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 634 - Detention pending placement in custody.

62A-15-634. Detention pending placement in custody.  Pending commitment to a local mental health authority, a patient taken into custody or ordered to be committed pursuant to this part may be detained in the patient's home, a licensed foster home, or any other suitable facility under reasonable conditions prescribed by the local mental health authority. Except in an extreme emergency, the patient may not be detained in a nonmedical facility used for the detention of individuals charged with or convicted of criminal offenses. The local mental health authority shall take reasonable measures, including provision of medical care, as may be necessary to assure proper care of an individual temporarily detained pursuant to this section.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-635 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 635 - Notice of commitment.

 Effective 5/8/2018  62A-15-635. Notice of commitment.  Whenever a patient has been temporarily, involuntarily committed to a local mental health authority under Section 62A-15-629 on the application of an individual other than the patient's legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin, the local mental health authority or a designee of the local mental health authority shall immediately notify the patient's legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin, if known. Amended by Chapter 322, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 62A-15-636 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 636 - Periodic review -- Discharge.

62A-15-636. Periodic review -- Discharge.  Each local mental health authority or its designee shall, as frequently as practicable, examine or cause to be examined every person who has been committed to it. Whenever the local mental health authority or its designee determines that the conditions justifying involuntary commitment no longer exist, it shall discharge the patient. If the patient has been committed through judicial proceedings, a report describing that determination shall be sent to the clerk of the court where the proceedings were held.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-638 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 638 - Reexamination of court order for commitment -- Procedures -- Costs.

62A-15-638. Reexamination of court order for commitment -- Procedures -- Costs.    (1) Any patient committed pursuant to Section 62A-15-631 is entitled to a reexamination of the order for commitment on the patient's own petition, or on that of the legal guardian, parent, spouse, relative, or friend, to the district court of the county in which the patient resides or is detained.     (2) Upon receipt of the petition, the court shall conduct or cause to be conducted by a mental health commissioner proceedings in accordance with Section 62A-15-631, except that those proceedings shall not be required to be conducted if the petition is filed sooner than six months after the issuance of the order of commitment or the filing of a previous petition under this section, provided that the court may hold a hearing within a shorter period of time if good cause appears. The costs of proceedings for such judicial determination shall be paid by the county in which the patient resided or was found prior to commitment, upon certification, by the clerk of the district court in the county where the proceedings are held, to the county legislative body that those proceedings were held and the costs incurred.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-639 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 639 - Standards for care and treatment.

62A-15-639. Standards for care and treatment.  Every patient is entitled to humane care and treatment and to medical care and treatment in accordance with the prevailing standards accepted in medical practice, psychiatric nursing practice, social work practice, and the practice of clinical psychology.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-640 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 640 - Mechanical restraints and medication -- Clinical record.

62A-15-640. Mechanical restraints and medication -- Clinical record.    (1) Mechanical restraints may not be applied to a patient unless it is determined by the director or his designee to be required by the needs of the patient. Every use of a mechanical restraint and the reasons therefor shall be made a part of the patient's clinical record, under the signature of the director or his designee, and shall be reviewed regularly.     (2) In no event shall medication be prescribed for a patient unless it is determined by a physician to be required by the patient's medical needs. Every use of a medication and the reasons therefor shall be made a part of the patient's clinical record.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-641 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 641 - Restrictions and limitations -- Civil rights and privileges.

 Effective 5/9/2017  62A-15-641. Restrictions and limitations -- Civil rights and privileges.    (1) Subject to the general rules of the division, and except to the extent that the director or his designee determines that it is necessary for the welfare of the patient to impose restrictions, every patient is entitled to:   (a) communicate, by sealed mail or otherwise, with persons, including official agencies, inside or outside the facility;     (b) receive visitors; and     (c) exercise all civil rights, including the right to dispose of property, execute instruments, make purchases, enter contractual relationships, and vote, unless the patient has been adjudicated to be incompetent and has not been restored to legal capacity.       (2) When any right of a patient is limited or denied, the nature, extent, and reason for that limitation or denial shall be entered in the patient's treatment record. Any continuing denial or limitation shall be reviewed every 30 days and shall also be entered in that treatment record. Notice of that continuing denial in excess of 30 days shall be sent to the division, the appropriate local mental health authority, the appropriate local substance abuse authority, or an approved treatment facility or program, whichever is most applicable to the patient.     (3) Notwithstanding any limitations authorized under this section on the right of communication, each patient is entitled to communicate by sealed mail with the appropriate local mental health authority, the appropriate local substance abuse authority, an approved treatment facility or program, the division, the patient's attorney, and the court, if any, that ordered the patient's commitment or essential treatment. In no case may the patient be denied a visit with the legal counsel or clergy of the patient's choice.     (4) Local mental health authorities, local substance abuse authorities, and approved treatment facilities or programs shall provide reasonable means and arrangements for informing involuntary patients of their right to release as provided in this chapter, and for assisting them in making and presenting requests for release.     (5) Mental health facilities, local substance abuse authorities, and approved treatment facilities or programs shall post a statement, created by the division, describing a patient's rights under Utah law.     (6) Notwithstanding Section 53B-17-303, an individual committed under this chapter has the right to determine the final disposition of that individual's body after death.    Amended by Chapter 408, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 62A-15-642 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 642 - Habeas corpus.

62A-15-642. Habeas corpus.  Any individual detained pursuant to this part is entitled to the writ of habeas corpus upon proper petition by himself or a friend, to the district court in the county in which he is detained.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-643 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 643 - Confidentiality of information and records -- Exceptions -- Penalty.

62A-15-643. Confidentiality of information and records -- Exceptions -- Penalty.    (1) All certificates, applications, records, and reports made for the purpose of this part, including those made on judicial proceedings for involuntary commitment, that directly or indirectly identify a patient or former patient or an individual whose commitment has been sought under this part, shall be kept confidential and may not be disclosed by any person except insofar as:   (a) the individual identified or his legal guardian, if any, or, if a minor, his parent or legal guardian shall consent;     (b) disclosure may be necessary to carry out the provisions of:   (i) this part; or     (ii) Section 53-10-208.1; or       (c) a court may direct, upon its determination that disclosure is necessary for the conduct of proceedings before it, and that failure to make the disclosure would be contrary to the public interest.       (2) A person who knowingly or intentionally discloses any information not authorized by this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-644 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 644 - Additional powers of director -- Reports and records of division.

62A-15-644. Additional powers of director -- Reports and records of division.    (1) In addition to specific authority granted by other provisions of this part, the director has authority to prescribe the form of applications, records, reports, and medical certificates provided for under this part, and the information required to be contained therein, and to adopt rules that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this part that the director finds to be reasonably necessary for the proper and efficient commitment of persons with a mental illness.     (2) The division shall require reports relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient and investigate complaints made by any patient or by any person on behalf of a patient.     (3) A local mental health authority shall keep a record of the names and current status of all persons involuntarily committed to it under this chapter.    Amended by Chapter 366, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 62A-15-645 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 645 - Retrospective effect of provisions.

62A-15-645. Retrospective effect of provisions.  Patients who were in a mental health facility on May 8, 1951, shall be deemed to have been admitted under the provisions of this part appropriate in each instance, and their care, custody, and rights shall be governed by this part.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-646 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 646 - Commitment and care of criminally insane.

62A-15-646. Commitment and care of criminally insane.  Nothing contained in this part may be construed to alter or change the method presently employed for the commitment and care of the criminally insane as provided in Title 77, Chapter 15, Inquiry into Sanity of Defendant.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-647 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 6 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities|Section 647 - Severability.

62A-15-647. Severability.  If any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this part, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is found to be unconstitutional the same is hereby declared to be severable and the balance of this part shall remain effective notwithstanding that unconstitutionality. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this part, and each provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word be declared unconstitutional.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
UT Code § 62A-15-701 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 7 - Commitment of Persons Under Age 18 to Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health|Section 701 - Definitions.

62A-15-701. Definitions.  As used in this part:  (1) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age.     (2) "Commit" and "commitment" mean the transfer of physical custody in accordance with the requirements of this part.     (3) "Legal custody" means:   (a) the right to determine where and with whom the child shall live;     (b) the right to participate in all treatment decisions and to consent or withhold consent for treatment in which a constitutionally protected liberty or privacy interest may be affected, including antipsychotic medication, electroshock therapy, and psychosurgery; and     (c) the right to authorize surgery or other extraordinary medical care.       (4) "Physical custody" means:   (a) placement of a child in any residential or inpatient setting;     (b) the right to physical custody of a child;     (c) the right and duty to protect the child; and     (d) the duty to provide, or insure that the child is provided with, adequate food, clothing, shelter, and ordinary medical care.       (5) "Residential" means any out-of-home placement made by a local mental health authority, but does not include out-of-home respite care.     (6) "Respite care" means temporary, periodic relief provided to parents or guardians from the daily care of children with serious emotional disorders for the limited time periods designated by the division.    Amended by Chapter 195, 2003 General Session
UT Code § 62A-15-702 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 15 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act|Part 7 - Commitment of Persons Under Age 18 to Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health|Section 702 - Treatment and commitment of minors in the public mental health system.

62A-15-702. Treatment and commitment of minors in the public mental health system.  A child is entitled to due process proceedings, in accordance with the requirements of this part, whenever the child:  (1) may receive or receives services through the public mental health system and is placed, by a local mental health authority, in a physical setting where his liberty interests are restricted, including residential and inpatient placements; or     (2) receives treatment in which a constitutionally protected privacy or liberty interest may be affected, including the administration of antipsychotic medication, electroshock therapy, and psychosurgery.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5