62A-15-602 - Definitions.
62A-15-602. Definitions.
As used in this part, Part 7, Commitment of Persons Under Age 18 to Division ofSubstance Abuse and Mental Health, Part 8, Interstate Compact on Mental Health, Part 9, UtahForensic Mental Health Facility, and Part 10, Declaration for Mental Health Treatment:
(1) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older.
(2) "Commitment to the custody of a local mental health authority" means that an adult iscommitted to the custody of the local mental health authority that governs the mental healthcatchment area in which the proposed patient resides or is found.
(3) "Designated examiner" means a licensed physician familiar with severe mentalillness, preferably a psychiatrist, designated by the division as specially qualified by training orexperience in the diagnosis of mental or related illness or another licensed mental healthprofessional designated by the division as specially qualified by training and at least five years'continual experience in the treatment of mental or related illness. At least one designatedexaminer in any case shall be a licensed physician. No person who is the applicant, or who signsthe certification, under Section 62A-15-631 may be a designated examiner in the same case.
(4) "Designee" means a physician who has responsibility for medical functions includingadmission and discharge, an employee of a local mental health authority, or an employee of anagency that has contracted with a local mental health authority to provide mental health servicesunder Section 17-43-304.
(5) "Institution" means a hospital, or a health facility licensed under the provisions ofSection 26-21-9.
(6) "Licensed physician" means an individual licensed under the laws of this state topractice medicine, or a medical officer of the United States government while in this state in theperformance of official duties.
(7) "Local comprehensive community mental health center" means an agency ororganization that provides treatment and services to residents of a designated geographic area,operated by or under contract with a local mental health authority, in compliance with statestandards for local comprehensive community mental health centers.
(8) "Mental illness" means a psychiatric disorder as defined by the current edition of theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American PsychiatricAssociation which substantially impairs a person's mental, emotional, behavioral, or relatedfunctioning.
(9) "Mental health facility" means the Utah State Hospital or other facility that providesmental health services under contract with the division, a local mental health authority, ororganization that contracts with a local mental health authority.
(10) "Mental health officer" means an individual who is designated by a local mentalhealth authority as qualified by training and experience in the recognition and identification ofmental illness, to interact with and transport persons to any mental health facility.
(11) "Patient" means an individual under commitment to the custody or to the treatmentservices of a local mental health authority.
(12) "Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury which involves a substantial risk ofdeath, unconsciousness, extreme physical pain, protracted and obvious disfigurement, orprotracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.
(13) "Substantial danger" means the person, by his or her behavior, due to mental illness:
(a) is at serious risk to:
(i) commit suicide,
(ii) inflict serious bodily injury on himself or herself; or
(iii) because of his or her actions or inaction, suffer serious bodily injury because he orshe is incapable of providing the basic necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter;
(b) is at serious risk to cause or attempt to cause serious bodily injury; or
(c) has inflicted or attempted to inflict serious bodily injury on another.
(14) "Treatment" means psychotherapy, medication, including the administration ofpsychotropic medication, and other medical treatments that are generally accepted medical andpsychosocial interventions for the purpose of restoring the patient to an optimal level offunctioning in the least restrictive environment.
Amended by Chapter 22, 2003 General Session
Amended by Chapter 303, 2003 General Session