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Utah Code § 77-16a-101: Definitions.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 77 Criminal Procedure
  2. Chapter 77-16a Commitment and Treatment of Individuals with a Mental Condition
  3. Part 77-16a-1 Plea and Verdict of Guilty with a Mental Condition

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the Board of Pardons and Parole established under Section 77-27-2.

(2) "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services.

(3) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services.

(4) "Forensic evaluator" means a licensed mental health professional who is:

(a) not involved in the defendant's treatment; and

(b) trained and qualified to conduct a guilty with a mental condition evaluation.

(5) "Mental condition" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-2-305.

(6) "Mental disability" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-2-305.

(7) "Mental health facility" means the Utah State Hospital or other facility that provides mental health services under contract with the division, a local mental health authority, or organization that contracts with a local mental health authority.

(8) "Mental health supervision" includes regular and periodic activities including:

(a) the review of a defendant's assessment, diagnostic formulation, individual service plan development, and progress toward completion of care;

(b) identification of barriers to a defendant's care, assistance in removing barriers to a defendant's care, continuation of services to a defendant, authorization of care for a defendant, and the observation of the delivery of clinical care to a defendant; and

(c) the provision of an update report to a court as required under Subsection 77-16a-103(5)(g).

(9) "Mental illness" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-2-305.

(10) "Offender with a mental condition" means an individual who has been adjudicated guilty with a mental condition.

(11) "Secure setting" means a jail, prison, or locked inpatient medical facility approved by the department.

(12) "UDC" means the Department of Corrections.

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