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Utah Code § 17-77-306

Specified treatments prohibited -- Criminal penalties

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14, 2025 Special Session 1

(1) It is a class B misdemeanor to give shock treatment, lobotomy, or surgery to anyone without the written consent of the individual's next of kin or legal guardian.

(2) It is a felony to give psychiatric treatment, nonvocational mental health counseling, case-finding testing, psychoanalysis, drugs, shock treatment, lobotomy, or surgery to any individual for the purpose of changing his concept of, belief about, or faith in God.

(3) Services provided under this part are governed by Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.