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Statutes > Utah > Title-62a > Chapter-15 > 62a-15-63362A-15-633. Persons eligible for care or treatment by federal agency -- Continuingjurisdiction of state courts.
(1) If an individual committed pursuant to Section 62A-15-631 is eligible for care ortreatment by any agency of the United States, the court, upon receipt of a certificate from aUnited States agency, showing that facilities are available and that the individual is eligible forcare or treatment therein, may order the individual to be placed in the custody of that agency forcare.
(2) When admitted to any facility or institution operated by a United States agency,within or without this state, the individual shall be subject to the rules and regulations of thatagency.
(3) The chief officer of any facility or institution operated by a United States agency andin which the individual is hospitalized, shall, with respect to that individual, be vested with thesame powers as the superintendent or director of a mental health facility, regarding detention,custody, transfer, conditional release, or discharge of patients. Jurisdiction is retained inappropriate courts of this state at any time to inquire into the mental condition of an individual sohospitalized, and to determine the necessity for continuance of hospitalization, and every order ofhospitalization issued pursuant to this section is so conditioned.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5
