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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.
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UT Code § 62A-15-702 (2020)
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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:
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
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 5
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
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