This rule establishes secure areas on the Utah State Hospital (USH) campus and prohibits weapons, contraband, controlled substances, ammunition, explosives, and other dangerous items from entering those secure areas. Specific buildings—including the Forensic Mental Health Facility, Lucy Beth Rampton Building, and Mountain Springs Pediatric Building—are designated as secure areas. Facility operators must provide secure storage lockers at building entrances and notify the public of their availability. The rule applies to all persons entering these secured buildings.
View official sourceR525. Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health, State Hospital. R525-6. Prohibited Items and Devices. R525-6-1. Authority and Purpose. (1)(a) Subsection 26B-1-202(2)(a) authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt this rule. (b) Subsection 76-8-311.1(2)(a) permits a mental health facility to establish secure areas within the facility and prohibit or control by rule any firearm or other dangerous weapon, ammunition, or explosive. (c) Subsection 76-8-311.3(2) permits a mental health facility to prohibit a firearm, ammunition, a dangerous weapon, an implement of escape, an explosive, a controlled substance, spirituous or fermented liquor, medicine, or poison on campus. (2) This rule establishes secure areas on the Utah State Hospital (USH) campus, and procedures for securing prohibited items and devices. R525-6-2. Establishment of Secure Areas. Buildings on the USH campus established as secure areas are: (1) Forensic Mental Health Facility; (2) Lucy Beth Rampton Building; (3) Mountain Springs Pediatric Building; and (4) any building on the USH campus that: (a) is erected to replace or expand the capacity of these buildings; or (b) exists to perform similar functions to these buildings. R525-6-3. Items and Devices Prohibited from Secure Areas. Any weapon, contraband, controlled substance, ammunition, implement of escape, explosive, spirituous or fermented liquor, firearm, or device that is normally considered to be a weapon is prohibited from entry beyond the secure storage lockers in the foyers of each building identified in this rule. R525-6-4. Storage of Prohibited Items and Devices. The public is notified of the availability of secure storage lockers at the entrance of the USH campus. Directions for use of the storage lockers are provided at or near the entrance of each building identified in this rule. KEY: weapons, state hospital, secure areas, prohibited items and devices Date of Last Change: October 14, 2025 Notice of Continuation: January 15, 2023 Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-1-202(2)(a); 76-8-311.1(2)(a); 76-8-311.3(2)