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Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code
Chapter 6 - Sterilization of a Person with a Disability
Section 106 - Declaration of capacity to give informed consent -- Hearing.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 62A-6-106 (2017)
62A-6-106. Declaration of capacity to give informed consent -- Hearing.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1988 General Session
- (1) A person who desires sterilization but whose capacity to give informed consent is questioned by any interested party may file a petition for declaration of capacity to give informed consent.
- (2) If, after hearing all the relevant evidence, the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is capable of giving informed consent, the court shall enter an order declaring that the person has the capacity to give informed consent.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1988 General Session
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