§ 62A-15-625. Voluntary admission of adults.

(1) A local mental health authority or its designee may admit to that authority, for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment any individual who is mentally ill or has symptoms of mental illness and who, being 18 years of age or older, applies for voluntary admission.

(2)

(a) No adult may be committed or continue to be committed to a local mental health authority against his will except as provided in this chapter.

(b) A person under 18 years of age may be committed to the physical custody of a local mental health authority only after a court commitment proceeding in accordance with the provisions of Part 7, Commitment of Persons Under Age 18 to Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

(3) An adult may be voluntarily admitted to a local mental health authority for treatment at the Utah State Hospital as a condition of probation or stay of sentence only after the requirements of Subsection 77-18-1(13) have been met.

Amended by Chapter 195, 2003 General Session