§ 62A-15-702. Treatment and commitment of minors in the public mental health system.

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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.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5

                    
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