Utah Code § 26B-5-402

Treatment and commitment of minors in the public mental health system
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A child is entitled to due process proceedings, in accordance with the requirements of this part,
whenever the child:

(1) may receive or receives services through the public mental health system and is placed, by
a local mental health authority, in a physical setting where his liberty interests are restricted,
including residential and inpatient placements; or
(2) receives treatment in which a constitutionally protected privacy or liberty interest may be
affected, including the administration of antipsychotic medication, electroshock therapy, and
psychosurgery.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session

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