Utah Code Title 17. Counties § 17-22-8. Care of prisoners--Funding of services--Private contractor

(a) receive each individual committed to jail by competent authority;

(b) provide each prisoner with necessary food, clothing, and bedding in the manner prescribed by the county legislative body;

(c) provide each prisoner medical care when:

(d) provide each prisoner, as part of the intake process, with the option of continuing any of the following medically prescribed methods of contraception:

(e) cooperate with medical personnel to continue a medication assisted treatment plan for an inmate if the inmate was an active client before arrest and commitment.

(5)(a) Except as provided in Section 17-22-10 and Subsection (5)(b), the expense incurred in providing the services required by this section to prisoners shall be paid from the county treasury.

(b) The expense incurred in providing the services described in Subsection (2)(d) to prisoners shall be paid by the Department of Health and Human Services.

(a) shall be administered to an inmate in accordance with the inmate's prescription under the direction of the sheriff;

(b) may be paid for by a county; and

(c) may be left or stored at a jail at the discretion of the sheriff.