Utah Code 26B-5-360. Voluntary admission of adults

26B-5-360. Voluntary admission of adults.

(1)	A local mental health authority, a designee of a local mental health authority, or another mental health facility may admit for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment an adult who applies for voluntary admission and who has a mental illness or exhibits the symptoms of a mental illness.

Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-5-360

Adult: means an individual 18 years old or older. 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
Mental health facility: means the Utah State Hospital or other facility that provides mental health services under contract with the division, a local mental health authority, a person that contracts with a local mental health authority, or a person that provides acute inpatient psychiatric services to a patient. See Utah Code 26B-5-301
Mental illness: means :

(a)	a psychiatric disorder that substantially impairs an individual's mental, emotional, behavioral, or related functioning; or

(b)

the same as that term is defined in:

(i)	the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association; or

(ii)

the current edition of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. See Utah Code 26B-5-301

Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

State hospital: means the Utah State Hospital established in Section 26B-5-302. See Utah Code 26B-5-301

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

(2)

No adult may be committed to a local mental health authority against that adult’s will except as provided in this chapter.

(3)	An adult may be voluntarily admitted to a local mental health authority for treatment at the Utah State Hospital as a condition of probation or stay of sentence only after the requirements of Section 77-18-106 have been met.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session

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