Section 316 – Temporary detention.
62A-5-316. Temporary detention. Pending removal to an intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability, an individual taken into custody or ordered to be committed under this part may be detained in the individual’s home, or in some other suitable facility. The individual shall not, however, be detained in a nonmedical facility used for […]
Section 309 – Commitment — Individual who is 18 years old or older.
Effective 9/1/2021 62A-5-309. Commitment — Individual who is 18 years old or older. (1) The director, or the director’s designee may commit to the division an individual 18 years old or older who has an intellectual disability, for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment if that commitment is based on: (a) involuntary commitment in accordance with […]
Section 310 – Involuntary commitment.
62A-5-310. Involuntary commitment. An individual may not be involuntarily committed to an intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability except in accordance with Sections 62A-5-311 and 62A-5-312. Amended by Chapter 366, 2011 General Session
Section 311 – Temporary emergency commitment — Observation and evaluation.
62A-5-311. Temporary emergency commitment — Observation and evaluation. (1) The director of the division or his designee may temporarily commit an individual to the division and therefore, as a matter of course, to an intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability for observation and evaluation upon: (a) written application by a responsible person […]
Section 312 – Involuntary commitment — Procedures — Necessary findings — Periodic review.
62A-5-312. Involuntary commitment — Procedures — Necessary findings — Periodic review. (1) Any responsible person who has reason to know that an individual is in need of commitment, who has a belief that the individual has an intellectual disability, and who has personal knowledge of the conditions and circumstances supporting that belief, may commence proceedings […]
Section 313 – Transfer — Procedures.
62A-5-313. Transfer — Procedures. (1) The director of the division, or the director’s designee, may place an involuntarily committed resident in appropriate care or treatment outside the intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability. During that placement, the order of commitment shall remain in effect, until the resident is discharged or the order […]
Section 208 – Powers and duties of superintendent.
62A-5-208. Powers and duties of superintendent. The chief administrative officer of the developmental center is the superintendent, and has the following powers and duties: (1) to manage the developmental center and administer the division’s rules governing the developmental center; (2) to hire, control, and remove all employees, and to fix their compensation according to state […]
Section 211 – Dental services reporting.
Effective 5/9/2017 62A-5-211. Dental services reporting. The superintendent of the developmental center shall provide to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee an annual report that contains: (1) a statewide assessment of resources that provide dental services for individuals with intellectual disabilities; (2) an accounting of the funds appropriated to provide specialized dental treatment and […]
Section 302 – Division responsibility.
62A-5-302. Division responsibility. The division is responsible: (1) for the supervision, care, and treatment of persons with an intellectual disability in this state who are committed to the division’s jurisdiction under the provisions of this part; and (2) to evaluate and determine the most appropriate, least restrictive setting for an individual with an intellectual disability. […]
Section 305 – Residency requirements — Transportation of person to another state.
62A-5-305. Residency requirements — Transportation of person to another state. (1) A person with an intellectual disability who has a parent or guardian residing in this state may be admitted to an intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability in accordance with the provisions of this part. (2) If a person with an […]