Treatment and commitment of minors in the public mental health system.

Utah Code § 26B-5-402, under Part 26B-5-4: Commitment of Persons Under Age 18.

Utah Code § 26B-5-402

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

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.