26B-5-363. Persons entering state mentally ill.
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Effective 5/3/2023
26B-5-363. Persons entering state mentally ill.
(1)A person who enters this state while mentally ill may be returned by a local mental health authority to the home of relatives or friends of that person with a mental illness, if known, or to a hospital in the state where that person with a mental illness is domiciled, in accordance with the Interstate Compact on Mental Health in Section 26B-5-365 .
(2)This section does not prevent commitment of persons who are traveling through or temporarily residing in this state.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308 , 2023 General Session