Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-5-334

• Local mental health authority: means a county legislative body. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• Patient: means an individual who is:

  (a)	under commitment to the custody or to the treatment services of a local mental health authority; or

  (b)

  undergoing essential treatment and intervention. See Utah Code 26B-5-301 26B-5-334.  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 in an extreme emergency, the patient may not be detained in a nonmedical facility used for the detention of individuals charged with or convicted of criminal offenses. The local mental health authority shall take reasonable measures, including provision of medical care, as may be necessary to assure proper care of an individual temporarily detained pursuant to this section. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session   Previous section Next section    Part 3 Contents