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2023 Utah Code
Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code
Chapter 5 - Health Care - Substance Use and Mental Health
Part 3 - Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities
Section 330 - Involuntary commitment -- Procedures.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 26B-5-330 (2023)
Effective 5/3/2023
26B-5-330. Involuntary commitment -- Procedures.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
26B-5-330. 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 26B-5-331(1)(a);
- (b) emergency procedures for temporary commitment without endorsement of medical or designated examiner certification, as provided in Subsection 26B-5-331(1)(b); or
- (c) commitment on court order, as provided in Section 26B-5-332.
- (2) A person under 18 years old may be committed to the physical custody of a local mental health authority only in accordance with the provisions of Part 4, Commitment of Persons Under Age 18.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
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