Section 634 – Detention pending placement in custody.
62A-15-634. Detention pending placement in custody. Pending commitment to a local mental health authority, a patient taken into custody or ordered to be committed pursuant to this part may be detained in the patient’s home, a licensed foster home, or any other suitable facility under reasonable conditions prescribed by the local mental health authority. Except […]
Section 635 – Notice of commitment.
Effective 5/8/2018 62A-15-635. Notice of commitment. Whenever a patient has been temporarily, involuntarily committed to a local mental health authority under Section 62A-15-629 on the application of an individual other than the patient’s legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin, the local mental health authority or a designee of the local mental health authority shall […]
Section 636 – Periodic review — Discharge.
62A-15-636. Periodic review — Discharge. Each local mental health authority or its designee shall, as frequently as practicable, examine or cause to be examined every person who has been committed to it. Whenever the local mental health authority or its designee determines that the conditions justifying involuntary commitment no longer exist, it shall discharge the […]
Section 626 – Release from commitment.
Effective 9/1/2021 62A-15-626. Release from commitment. (1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a local mental health authority or the mental health authority’s designee shall release from commitment any individual who, in the opinion of the local mental health authority or the mental health authority’s designee, has recovered or no longer meets the criteria specified in […]
Section 627 – Release of voluntary adult — Exceptions.
Effective 5/4/2022 62A-15-627. Release of voluntary adult — Exceptions. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a mental health facility shall immediately release an adult patient: (a) who is voluntarily admitted, as described in Section 62A-15-625, and who requests release, verbally or in writing; or (b) whose release is requested in writing by the patient’s […]
Section 628 – Involuntary commitment — Procedures.
Effective 5/8/2018 62A-15-628. Involuntary commitment — Procedures. (1) An adult may not be involuntarily committed to the custody of a local mental health authority except under the following provisions: (a) emergency procedures for temporary commitment upon medical or designated examiner certification, as provided in Subsection 62A-15-629(1)(a); (b) emergency procedures for temporary commitment without endorsement of […]
Section 629 – Temporary commitment — Requirements and procedures — Rights.
Effective 5/4/2022 62A-15-629. Temporary commitment — Requirements and procedures — Rights. (1) An adult shall be temporarily, involuntarily committed to a local mental health authority upon: (a) a written application that: (i) is completed by a responsible individual who has reason to know, stating a belief that the adult, due to mental illness, is likely […]
Section 630 – Mental health commissioners.
62A-15-630. Mental health commissioners. The court may appoint a mental health commissioner to assist in conducting commitment proceedings in accordance with Section 78A-5-107. Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
Section 623 – Criminal’s escape — Penalty.
62A-15-623. Criminal’s escape — Penalty. Any person committed to the state hospital under the provisions of Title 77, Chapter 15, Inquiry into Sanity of Defendant, or Chapter 16a, Commitment and Treatment of Persons with a Mental Illness, who escapes or leaves the state hospital without proper legal authority is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. […]
Section 624 – Violations of this part — Penalty.
62A-15-624. Violations of this part — Penalty. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any provision of this part, except where another penalty is provided by law, is guilty of a class C misdemeanor. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5