Utah Code Title 62A. Utah Human Services Code § 62A-5-316. Temporary detention

Pending removal to an intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability, an individual taken into custody or ordered to be committed under this part may be detained in the individual's home, or in some other suitable facility.  The individual shall not, however, be detained in a nonmedical facility used for detention of individuals charged with or convicted of penal offenses, except in a situation of extreme emergency.  The division shall take reasonable measures, as may be necessary, to assure proper care of an individual temporarily detained under this part.