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Utah Code § 26B-5-402: Treatment and commitment of minors in the public mental health system.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code
  2. Chapter 26B-5 Health Care - Substance Use and Mental Health
  3. Part 26B-5-4 Commitment of Persons Under Age 18

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.

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