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Title 77 - Utah Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 16a - Commitment and Treatment of Persons with a Mental Illness
Part 1 - Plea and Verdict of Guilty with a Mental Illness
Section 101 - Definitions.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 77-16a-101 (2017)
77-16a-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Amended by Chapter 366, 2011 General Session
As used in this chapter:
- (1) "Board" means the Board of Pardons and Parole established under Section 77-27-2.
- (2) "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
- (3) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Department of Human Services.
- (4) "Mental health facility" means the Utah State Hospital or other facility that provides mental health services under contract with the division, a local mental health authority, or organization that contracts with a local mental health authority.
- (5) "Mental illness" is as defined in Section 76-2-305.
- (6) "Offender with a mental illness" means an individual who has been adjudicated guilty with a mental illness, including an individual who has an intellectual disability.
- (7) "UDC" means the Department of Corrections.
Amended by Chapter 366, 2011 General Session
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