Electroconvulsive Therapy Prohibition Amendments

Summary

The bill prohibits doctors from giving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to anyone under 18 unless the child has catatonia, and it creates specific informed‑consent standards for all ECT procedures. It treats failure to follow those consent rules as professional misconduct and presumes lack of consent in malpractice actions. The changes impact minors in Utah’s public mental‑health system and the physicians who treat them.

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