2006 Utah Code - 62A-3-308 — Peace officer\'s authority to transport -- Notification.

     62A-3-308.   Peace officer's authority to transport -- Notification.
     (1) A peace officer may remove and transport, or cause to have transported, a vulnerable adult to an appropriate medical or shelter facility, if the officer has probable cause to believe that by reason of abuse, neglect, or exploitation there exist emergency exigent circumstances and:
     (a) the vulnerable adult will suffer serious physical injury or death if not immediately placed in a safe environment;
     (b) the vulnerable adult refuses to consent or lacks capacity to consent; and
     (c) there is not time to notify interested parties or to apply for a warrant or other court order.
     (2) The peace officer shall notify Adult Protective Services within four hours of transporting a vulnerable adult to a medical or shelter facility. Adult Protective Services or the division shall file a petition with the court for an emergency protective order under Section 62A-3-320 within 24 hours after being notified, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.

Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 108, 2002 General Session