Utah Code § 26B-5-336: Periodic review -- Discharge.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code
- Chapter 26B-5 Health Care - Substance Use and Mental Health
- Part 26B-5-3 Utah State Hospital and Other Mental Health Facilities
Each local mental health authority or its designee shall, as frequently as practicable, examine or cause to be examined every person who has been committed to it. Whenever the local mental health authority or its designee determines that the conditions justifying involuntary commitment no longer exist, it shall discharge the patient. If the patient has been committed through judicial proceedings, a report describing that determination shall be sent to the clerk of the court where the proceedings were held.
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