62A-15-702 - Treatment and commitment of minors in the public mental health system.
62A-15-702. Treatment and commitment of minors in the public mental healthsystem.
A child is entitled to due process proceedings, in accordance with the requirements of thispart, whenever the child:
(1) may receive or receives services through the public mental health system and isplaced, by a local mental health authority, in a physical setting where his liberty interests arerestricted, including residential and inpatient placements; or
(2) receives treatment in which a constitutionally protected privacy or liberty interest maybe affected, including the administration of antipsychotic medication, electroshock therapy, andpsychosurgery.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5