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Affected by 63I-1-262 on 7/1/2023

Effective 5/12/2020
62A-15-1401. Definitions.

(1) "Commission" means the Behavioral Health Crisis Response Commission created in Section 63C-18-202.

(2) "Emergency medical service personnel" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-8a-102.

(3) "Emergency medical services" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-8a-102.

(4) "MCOT certification" means the certification created in this part for MCOT personnel and mental health crisis outreach services.

(5) "MCOT personnel" means a licensed mental health therapist or other mental health professional, as determined by the division, who is a part of a mobile crisis outreach team.

(6) "Mental health crisis" means a mental health condition that manifests itself by symptoms of sufficient severity that a prudent layperson who possesses an average knowledge of mental health issues could reasonably expect the absence of immediate attention or intervention to result in:
- (a) serious jeopardy to the individual's health or well-being; or
- (b) a danger to others.

(7)
- (a) "Mental health crisis services" means mental health services and on-site intervention that a person renders to an individual suffering from a mental health crisis.
- (b) "Mental health crisis services" includes the provision of safety and care plans, stabilization services offered for a minimum of 60 days, and referrals to other community resources.

(8) "Mental health therapist" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102.

(9) "Mobile crisis outreach team" or "MCOT" means a mobile team of medical and mental health professionals that provides mental health crisis services and, based on the individual circumstances of each case, coordinates with local law enforcement, emergency medical service personnel, and other appropriate state or local resources.

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