The local mental health authority or the local mental health authority’s designee shall provide assisted outpatient treatment, which shall include:
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-5-350
Assisted outpatient treatment: means involuntary outpatient mental health treatment ordered under Section 26B-5-351. See Utah Code 26B-5-301
Designee: means a physician who has responsibility for medical functions including admission and discharge, an employee of a local mental health authority, or an employee of a person that has contracted with a local mental health authority to provide mental health services under Section 17-43-304. See Utah Code 26B-5-301
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
Treatment: means psychotherapy, medication, including the administration of psychotropic medication, or other medical treatments that are generally accepted medical or psychosocial interventions for the purpose of restoring the patient to an optimal level of functioning in the least restrictive environment. See Utah Code 26B-5-301
(a)
case management; and
(b)
an individualized treatment plan, created with input from the proposed patient when possible.
(2)
A court order for assisted outpatient treatment does not create independent authority to forcibly medicate a patient.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
