Section 1206 - Periodic review -- Discharge.

UT Code § 62A-15-1206 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) at least every 90 days after the day on which a patient is admitted, unless a court orders otherwise, examine or cause to be examined a patient who has been ordered to receive essential treatment;

(2) notify the patient and the patient's personal representative or guardian, if any, of the substance and results of the examination;

(3) discharge an essential treatment patient if the examination determines that the conditions justifying essential treatment and intervention no longer exist; and

(4) after discharging an essential treatment patient, send a report describing the reasons for discharge to the clerk of the court where the proceeding for essential treatment was held and to the patient's personal representative or guardian, if any.