Utah Code 26B-6-609. Transfer — Procedures
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(1) The director of the division, or the director’s designee, may place an involuntarily committed resident in appropriate care or treatment outside the intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability. During that placement, the order of commitment shall remain in effect, until the resident is discharged or the order is terminated.
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-6-609
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Director: means the director of the division. See Utah Code 26B-6-101
- Division: means the Division of Aging and Adult Services within the department. See Utah Code 26B-6-101
- Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 26B-1-203. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
- Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:(16)(a) exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior; and(16)(b) is manifested during the developmental period as defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(2) If the resident, or the resident’s parent or guardian, objects to a proposed placement under this section, the resident may appeal the decision to the executive director or the executive director’s designee. Those appeals shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act. If an objection is made, the proposed placement may not take effect until the committee holds that hearing and the executive director makes a final decision on the placement.