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Utah Code § 17-77-306: Specified treatments prohibited -- Criminal penalties.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 17 Counties
- Chapter 17-77 Local Health and Human Services
- Part 17-77-3 Local Mental Health Authorities
(1) It is a class B misdemeanor to give shock treatment, lobotomy, or surgery to anyone without the written consent of the individual's next of kin or legal guardian.
(2) It is a felony to give psychiatric treatment, nonvocational mental health counseling, case-finding testing, psychoanalysis, drugs, shock treatment, lobotomy, or surgery to any individual for the purpose of changing his concept of, belief about, or faith in God.
(3) Services provided under this part are governed by Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act.
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