Section 713 – Contracts with local mental health authorities — Provisions.
62A-15-713. Contracts with local mental health authorities — Provisions. When the division contracts with a local mental health authority to provide mental health programs and services in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Title 17, Chapter 43, Part 3, Local Mental Health Authorities, it shall ensure that those contracts include at least the […]
Section 801 – Interstate compact on mental health — Compact provisions.
62A-15-801. Interstate compact on mental health — Compact provisions. The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted and entered into with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact, which is, in form, substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting states solemnly agree that: Article I The proper and expeditious […]
Section 802 – Requirement of conformity with this chapter.
62A-15-802. Requirement of conformity with this chapter. All actions and proceedings taken under authority of this compact shall be in accordance with the procedures and constitutional requirements described in Part 6, Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
Section 901 – Establishment.
62A-15-901. Establishment. The Utah Forensic Mental Health Facility is hereby established and shall be located on state land on the campus of the Utah State Hospital in Provo, Utah County. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
Section 707 – Confidentiality of information and records — Exceptions — Penalty.
62A-15-707. Confidentiality of information and records — Exceptions — Penalty. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, all certificates, applications, records, and reports made for the purpose of this part that directly or indirectly identify a patient or former patient or an individual whose commitment has been […]
Section 708 – Mechanical restraints — Clinical record.
62A-15-708. Mechanical restraints — Clinical record. Mechanical restraints may not be applied to a child unless it is determined, by the local mental health authority or its designee in conjunction with the child’s current treating mental health professional, that they are required by the needs of that child. Every use of a mechanical restraint and […]
Section 709 – Habeas corpus.
62A-15-709. Habeas corpus. Any child committed in accordance with Section 62A-15-703 is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus upon proper petition by himself or next of friend to the district court in the district in which he is detained. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, […]
Section 710 – Restrictions and limitations — Civil rights and privileges.
62A-15-710. Restrictions and limitations — Civil rights and privileges. (1) Subject to the specific rules of the division, and except to the extent that the local mental health authority or its designee, in conjunction with the child’s current treating mental health professional, determines that it is necessary for the welfare of the person to impose […]
Section 711 – Standards for care and treatment.
62A-15-711. Standards for care and treatment. Every child is entitled to humane care and treatment and to medical care and treatment in accordance with the prevailing standards accepted in medical practice, psychiatric nursing practice, social work practice, and the practice of clinical psychology. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended […]
Section 706 – Parent advocate.
62A-15-706. Parent advocate. The division shall establish the position of a parent advocate to assist parents of children with a mental illness who are subject to the procedures required by this part. Amended by Chapter 366, 2011 General Session