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Utah Code § 26B-5-334: Detention pending placement in custody.

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  1. Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code
  2. Chapter 26B-5 Health Care - Substance Use and Mental Health
  3. Part 26B-5-3 Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities

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.

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