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2025 Utah Code
Title 77 - Utah Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 16b - Involuntary Feeding and Hydration of Inmates
Section 102 - Definitions.
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UT Code § 77-16b-102 (2025)
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Effective 5/1/2024
77-16b-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Amended by Chapter 240, 2024 General Session
77-16b-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
- (1)"Correctional facility" means:
- (a)a county jail;
- (b)a secure correctional facility as defined by Section 64-13-1; or
- (c)a secure care facility as defined in Section 80-1-102.
- (2)"Correctional facility administrator" means:
- (a)a county sheriff in charge of a county jail;
- (b)a designee of the executive director of the Utah Department of Corrections; or
- (c)a designee of the director of the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services.
- (3)"Medical supervision" means under the direction of a licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner.
- (4)"Mental health therapist" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102.
- (5)"Prisoner" means:
- (a)any individual who is a pretrial detainee or who has been committed to the custody of a sheriff or the Utah Department of Corrections, and who is physically in a correctional facility; and
- (b)any individual who is 18 years old or older and younger than 21 years old, and who has been committed to the custody of the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services.
Amended by Chapter 240, 2024 General Session
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