Section 27A-15-59 – Immunity for local interagency team members.
27A-15-59. Immunity for local interagency team members. Any person serving as a member of a local interagency team as provided for in §27A-15-54 whose action in the identification of placements, programs, and services for minors with emotional disturbances and their families pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is made in good faith and in […]
Section 27A-15-40 – Periodic review following involuntary commitment–Assessment–Right to refuse treatment.
27A-15-40. Periodic review following involuntary commitment–Assessment–Right to refuse treatment. Within ten days after the involuntary commitment of a minor and at least every thirty days thereafter, the administrator, facility director, or, if the minor is committed to a program other than inpatient treatment, the director of such program, shall review the minor’s records and assess […]
Section 27A-15-41 – Review hearing–Notice–Rights and procedures.
27A-15-41. Review hearing–Notice–Rights and procedures. Within forty-five days after the involuntary commitment of a minor who is still under the commitment order, the county board of mental illness which serves the county in which the minor is receiving treatment shall conduct a review hearing in such county to determine if the minor continues to meet […]
Section 27A-15-42 – Additional review hearings–Rights, procedures, and findings.
27A-15-42. Additional review hearings–Rights, procedures, and findings. Notwithstanding the provisions of §§27A-15-37 and 27A-15-41, if the board of mental illness orders an initial commitment or a continued commitment, it may also schedule at the time of such initial commitment hearing or at the time of such review hearing and without further notice, a review hearing […]
Section 27A-15-30 – Petition for immediate intervention for protection of minor with serious emotional disturbance–Contents.
27A-15-30. Petition for immediate intervention for protection of minor with serious emotional disturbance–Contents. If any minor is alleged to be an individual with a serious emotional disturbance and in such condition that immediate intervention is necessary for the protection from physical harm to himself or others, any person, eighteen years of age or older, may […]
Section 27A-15-31 – Apprehension and transportation of minor for involuntary commitment–Separation from adult detainees or patients.
27A-15-31. Apprehension and transportation of minor for involuntary commitment–Separation from adult detainees or patients. After examination of a petition filed pursuant to §27A-15-30, the chair of the county board may order the apprehension and transportation of a minor who meets the criteria in §27A-15-30, for involuntary commitment to an appropriate regional facility other than the […]
Section 27A-15-32 – Apprehension by police officer for emergency intervention–Jail not used for custody of minor.
27A-15-32. Apprehension by police officer for emergency intervention–Jail not used for custody of minor. A peace officer may apprehend any minor that he has probable cause to believe requires emergency intervention under the criteria in §27A-15-30. The peace officer shall transport the minor to an appropriate regional facility other than the center. A jail may […]
Section 27A-15-33 – Immediate notification of rights.
27A-15-33. Immediate notification of rights. Immediately after the minor is taken into custody, he shall be notified both orally and in writing of his rights as set forth in §§27A-10-5, 27A-10-6, and 27A-10-8 and of his right to immediately contact his parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other persons of his choosing. The minor shall be […]
Section 27A-15-34 – Release if criteria not met–Transportation–Detention if criteria met.
27A-15-34. Release if criteria not met–Transportation–Detention if criteria met. If the evaluation required in §27A-10-6 does not support a finding that the minor meets the criteria in §27A-15-29, the minor shall be released. Following such release, the referring county shall provide the minor with transportation to the minor’s residence if such residence is in the […]
Section 27A-15-35 – Appointment of counsel–Conflict of interest.
27A-15-35. Appointment of counsel–Conflict of interest. If upon completion of the evaluation required in §27A-10-6, it is determined that a hearing shall be held and the minor has not retained his own attorney, the chairman of the board of mental illness which will be holding the hearing shall immediately appoint counsel for the minor. In […]