Utah Code Title 26B. Utah Health and Human Services Codes § 26B-5-405. Commitment proceedings in juvenile court--Criteria--Custody

(1)(a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a commitment proceeding for a child may be commenced by filing a written application with the juvenile court of the county in which the child resides or is found, in accordance with the procedures described in Section 26B-5-332.

(b) A commitment proceeding under this section may be commenced only after a commitment proceeding under Section 26B-5-403 has concluded without the child being committed.

(a) the child has a mental illness;

(b) the child demonstrates a risk of harm to the child or others;

(c) the child is experiencing significant impairment in the child's ability to perform socially;

(d) the child will benefit from the proposed care and treatment; and

(e) there is no appropriate less restrictive alternative.

(a) conduct periodic reviews of children committed to the local mental health authority's custody in accordance with this section; and

(b) release any child who has sufficiently improved so that the local mental health authority, or the local mental authority's designee, determines that commitment is no longer appropriate.