62A-15-601. Utah State Hospital. The Utah State Hospital is established and located in Provo, in Utah county. For purposes of this part it is referred to as the “state hospital.” Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
Effective 5/8/2018 62A-15-603. Administration of state hospital — Division — Authority. (1) The division shall administer the state hospital as part of the state’s comprehensive mental health program and, to the fullest extent possible, shall, as the state hospital’s administrator, coordinate with local mental health authority programs. (2) The division has the same powers, duties, […]
Effective 5/12/2015 62A-15-604. Receipt of gift — Transfer of persons from other institutions. (1) The division may take and hold by gift, devise, or bequest real and personal property required for the use of the state hospital. With the approval of the governor the division may convert that property that is not suitable for the […]
Affected by 63I-1-262 on 7/1/2023 Effective 5/12/2020 62A-15-605. Forensic Mental Health Coordinating Council — Establishment and purpose. (1) There is established the Forensic Mental Health Coordinating Council composed of the following members: (a) the director of the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health or the director’s appointee; (b) the superintendent of the state hospital […]
62A-15-605.5. Admission of person in custody of Department of Corrections to state hospital — Retransfer of person to Department of Corrections. (1) The executive director of the Department of Corrections may request the director to admit a person who is in the custody of the Department of Corrections to the state hospital, if the clinical […]
62A-15-607. Responsibility for cost of care. (1) The division shall estimate and determine, as nearly as possible, the actual expense per annum of caring for and maintaining a patient in the state hospital, and that amount or portion of that amount shall be assessed to and paid by the applicant, patient, spouse, parents, child or […]
62A-15-608. Local mental health authority — Supervision and treatment of persons with a mental illness. (1) Each local mental health authority has responsibility for supervision and treatment of persons with a mental illness who have been committed to its custody under the provisions of this part, whether residing in the state hospital or elsewhere. (2) […]
62A-15-609. Responsibility for education of school-aged children at the hospital — Responsibility for noninstructional services. (1) The State Board of Education is responsible for the education of school-aged children committed to the division. (2) In order to fulfill its responsibility under Subsection (1), the board may contract with local school districts or other appropriate agencies […]
62A-15-610. Objectives of state hospital and other facilities — Persons who may be admitted to state hospital. (1) The objectives of the state hospital and other mental health facilities shall be to care for all persons within this state who are subject to the provisions of this chapter; and to furnish them with the proper […]
Effective 5/8/2018 62A-15-611. Allocation of state hospital beds — Formula. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Adult beds” means the total number of patient beds located in the adult general psychiatric unit and the geriatric unit at the state hospital, as determined by the superintendent of the state hospital. (b) “Mental health catchment area” […]
Effective 7/1/2021 62A-15-612. Allocation of pediatric state hospital beds — Formula. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Mental health catchment area” means a county or group of counties governed by a local mental health authority. (b) “Pediatric beds” means the total number of patient beds located in the children’s unit and the youth units […]
Effective 7/1/2021 62A-15-613. Appointment of superintendent — Qualifications — Powers and responsibilities. (1) The director, with the consent of the executive director, shall appoint a superintendent of the state hospital, who shall hold office at the will of the director. (2) The superintendent shall have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, be […]
62A-15-614. Clinical director — Appointment — Conditions and procedure — Duties. (1) Whenever the superintendent is not qualified to be the clinical director of the state hospital under this section, he shall, with the approval of the director of the division, appoint a clinical director who is licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this […]
62A-15-615. Forms. The division shall furnish the clerks of the district courts with forms, blanks, warrants, and certificates, to enable the district court judges, with regularity and facility, to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
62A-15-616. Persons entering state mentally ill. (1) A person who enters this state while mentally ill may be returned by a local mental health authority to the home of relatives or friends of that person with a mental illness, if known, or to a hospital in the state where that person with a mental illness […]
62A-15-617. Expenses of voluntary patients. The expense for the care and treatment of voluntary patients shall be assessed to and paid in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided for involuntary patients under the provisions of Section 62A-15-607. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by […]
Effective 5/14/2019 62A-15-618. Designated examiners. (1) A designated examiner shall consider a proposed patient’s mental health history when evaluating a proposed patient. (2) A designated examiner may request a court order to obtain a proposed patient’s mental health records if a proposed patient refuses to share this information with the designated examiner. (3) A designated […]
62A-15-619. Liability of estate of person with a mental illness. The provisions made in this part for the support of persons with a mental illness at public expense do not release the estates of those persons from liability for their care and treatment, and the division is authorized and empowered to collect from the estates […]
62A-15-620. Attempt to commit person contrary to requirements — Penalty. Any person who attempts to place another person in the custody of a local mental health authority contrary to the provisions of this part is guilty of a class B misdemeanor, in addition to liability in an action for damages, or subject to other criminal […]
62A-15-621. Trespass — Disturbance — Penalty. Any person who, without permission, enters any of the buildings or enclosures appropriated to the use of patients, or makes any attempt to do so, or enters anywhere upon the premises belonging to or used by the division, a local mental health authority, or the state hospital and commits, […]
