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UT Code § 26-21-25 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 25 - Patient identity protection.

26-21-25. Patient identity protection.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "EMTALA" means the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.     (b) "Health professional office" means:   (i) a physician's office; or     (ii) a dental office.       (c) "Medical facility" means:   (i) a general acute hospital;     (ii) a specialty hospital;     (iii) a home health agency;     (iv) a hospice;     (v) a nursing care facility;     (vi) a residential-assisted living facility;     (vii) a birthing center;     (viii) an ambulatory surgical facility;     (ix) a small health care facility;     (x) an abortion clinic;     (xi) a facility owned or operated by a health maintenance organization;     (xii) an end stage renal disease facility;     (xiii) a health care clinic; or     (xiv) any other health care facility that the committee designates by rule.         (2)   (a) In order to discourage identity theft and health insurance fraud, and to reduce the risk of medical errors caused by incorrect medical records, a medical facility or a health professional office shall request identification from an individual prior to providing in-patient or out-patient services to the individual.     (b) If the individual who will receive services from the medical facility or a health professional office lacks the legal capacity to consent to treatment, the medical facility or a health professional office shall request identification:   (i) for the individual who lacks the legal capacity to consent to treatment; and     (ii) from the individual who consents to treatment on behalf of the individual described in Subsection (2)(b)(i).         (3) A medical facility or a health professional office:   (a) that is subject to EMTALA:   (i) may not refuse services to an individual on the basis that the individual did not provide identification when requested; and     (ii) shall post notice in its emergency department that informs a patient of the patient's right to treatment for an emergency medical condition under EMTALA;       (b) may not be penalized for failing to ask for identification;     (c) is not subject to a private right of action for failing to ask for identification; and     (d) may document or confirm patient identity by:   (i) photograph;     (ii) fingerprinting;     (iii) palm scan; or     (iv) other reasonable means.         (4) The identification described in this section:   (a) is intended to be used for medical records purposes only; and     (b) shall be kept in accordance with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.      Amended by Chapter 218, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-26 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 26 - General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.

 Effective 5/10/2016  26-21-26. General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.    (1) If a person who is 12 years of age or older is admitted to a general acute hospital for poisoning or overdose involving a prescribed controlled substance, the general acute hospital shall, within three business days after the day on which the person is admitted, send a written report to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, created in Section 58-1-103, that includes:   (a) the patient's name and date of birth;     (b) each drug or other substance found in the person's system that may have contributed to the poisoning or overdose, if known;     (c) the name of each person who the general acute hospital has reason to believe may have prescribed a controlled substance described in Subsection (1)(b) to the person, if known; and     (d) the name of the hospital and the date of admission.        (2) Nothing in this section may be construed as creating a new cause of action.    Amended by Chapter 99, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-27 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 27 - Information regarding certain health care facility charges.

 Effective 5/5/2021  26-21-27. Information regarding certain health care facility charges.  A health care facility licensed under this chapter shall, when requested by a consumer:  (1) make a list of prices charged by the facility available for the consumer that includes the facility's:   (a) in-patient procedures;     (b) out-patient procedures;     (c) the 50 most commonly prescribed drugs in the facility;     (d) imaging services; and     (e) implants; and       (2) provide the consumer with information regarding any discounts the facility provides for:   (a) charges for services not covered by insurance; or     (b) prompt payment of billed charges.      Amended by Chapter 353, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-28 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 28 - Pilot program for managed care model with a small health care facility operating as a skilled nursing facility.

 Effective 1/1/2021  26-21-28. Pilot program for managed care model with a small health care facility operating as a skilled nursing facility.    (1) Notwithstanding the requirement for Medicaid certification under Chapter 18, Part 5, Long Term Care Facility - Medicaid Certification, and Section 26-21-23, a small health care facility with four to 16 beds, functioning as a skilled nursing facility, may be approved for licensing by the department as a pilot program in accordance with this section, and without obtaining Medicaid certification for the beds in the facility.     (2) The department shall establish one pilot program with a facility that meets the qualifications under Subsection (3). The purpose of the pilot program is to study the impact of an integrated managed care model on cost and quality of care involving pre- and post-surgical services offered by a small health care facility operating as a skilled nursing facility.     (3) A small health care facility with four to 16 beds that functions as a skilled nursing facility may apply for a license under the pilot program if the facility will:   (a) be located in:   (i) a county of the second class that has at least 1,800 square miles within the county; and     (ii) a city of the fifth class; and       (b) limit a patient's stay in the facility to no more than 10 days.      Enacted by Chapter 357, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-30 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 30 - Disposal of controlled substances at nursing care facilities.

 Effective 5/8/2018  26-21-30. Disposal of controlled substances at nursing care facilities.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Controlled substance" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-37-2.     (b)   (i) "Irretrievable" means a state in which the physical or chemical condition of a controlled substance is permanently altered through irreversible means so that the controlled substance is unavailable and unusable for all practical purposes.     (ii) A controlled substance is irretrievable if the controlled substance is non-retrievable as that term is defined in 21 C.F.R. Sec. 1300.05.         (2) A nursing care facility that is in lawful possession of a controlled substance in the nursing care facility's inventory that desires to dispose of the controlled substance shall dispose of the controlled substance in a manner that:   (a) renders the controlled substance irretrievable; and     (b) complies with all applicable federal and state requirements for the disposal of a controlled substance.       (3) A nursing care facility shall:   (a) develop a written plan for the disposal of a controlled substance in accordance with this section; and     (b) make the plan described in Subsection (3)(a) available to the department and the committee for inspection.      Enacted by Chapter 157, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-31 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 31 - Prohibition on certain age-based physician testing.

 Effective 5/14/2019  26-21-31. Prohibition on certain age-based physician testing.  A health care facility may not require for purposes of employment, privileges, or reimbursement, that a physician, as defined in Section 58-67-102, take a cognitive test when the physician reaches a specified age, unless the test reflects the standards described in Subsections 58-67-302(5)(b)(i) through (x).  Amended by Chapter 445, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-32 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 32 - Notification of air ambulance policies and charges.

 Affected by 63I-1-226 on 7/1/2024  Effective 5/14/2019  26-21-32. Notification of air ambulance policies and charges.    (1) For any patient who is in need of air medical transport provider services, a health care facility shall:   (a) provide the patient or the patient's representative with the information described in Subsection 26-8a-107(7)(a) before contacting an air medical transport provider; and     (b) if multiple air medical transport providers are capable of providing the patient with services, provide the patient or the patient's representative with an opportunity to choose the air medical transport provider.       (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the patient:   (a) is unconscious and the patient's representative is not physically present with the patient; or     (b) is unable, due to a medical condition, to make an informed decision about the choice of an air medical transport provider, and the patient's representative is not physically present with the patient.      Enacted by Chapter 262, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-100 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 100 - Reserved.

26-21-100. Reserved.  Reserved Enacted by Chapter 328, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-202 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 2 - Clearance for Direct Patient Access|Section 202 - Clearance required.

26-21-202. Clearance required.    (1) A covered provider may engage a covered individual only if the individual has clearance.     (2) A covered contractor may supply a covered individual to a covered employer or covered provider only if the individual has clearance.     (3) A covered employer may engage a covered individual who does not have clearance.     (4)   (a) Notwithstanding Subsections (1) and (2), if a covered individual does not have clearance, a covered provider may engage the individual or a covered contractor may supply the individual to a covered provider or covered employer:   (i) under circumstances specified by department rule; and     (ii) only while an application for clearance for the individual is pending.       (b) For purposes of Subsection (4)(a), an application is pending if the following have been submitted to the department for the individual:   (i) an application for clearance;     (ii) the personal identification information specified by the department under Subsection 26-21-204(4)(b); and     (iii) any fees established by the department under Subsection 26-21-204(9).        Enacted by Chapter 328, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-203 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 2 - Clearance for Direct Patient Access|Section 203 - Department authorized to grant, deny, or revoke clearance -- Department may limit direct patient access.

26-21-203. Department authorized to grant, deny, or revoke clearance -- Department may limit direct patient access.    (1) As provided in Section 26-21-204, the department may grant, deny, or revoke clearance for an individual, including a covered individual.     (2) The department may limit the circumstances under which a covered individual granted clearance may have direct patient access, based on the relationship the factors under Subsection 26-21-204(4)(a) and other mitigating factors may have to patient and resident protection.    Enacted by Chapter 328, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-205 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 2 - Clearance for Direct Patient Access|Section 205 - Department of Public Safety -- Retention of information -- Notification of Department of Health.

26-21-205. Department of Public Safety -- Retention of information -- Notification of Department of Health.  The Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division within the Department of Public Safety shall:  (1) retain, separate from other division records, personal information, including any fingerprints, sent to it by the Department of Health pursuant to Subsection 26-21-204(3)(a); and     (2) notify the Department of Health upon receiving notice that an individual for whom personal information has been retained is the subject of:   (a) a warrant for arrest;     (b) an arrest;     (c) a conviction, including a plea in abeyance; or     (d) a pending diversion agreement.      Enacted by Chapter 328, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-206 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 2 - Clearance for Direct Patient Access|Section 206 - Covered providers and covered contractors required to apply for clearance of certain individuals.

26-21-206. Covered providers and covered contractors required to apply for clearance of certain individuals.    (1) As provided in Subsection (2), each covered provider and covered contractor operating in this state shall:   (a) collect from each covered individual it engages, and each individual it intends to engage as a covered individual, the personal identification information specified by the department under Subsection 26-21-204(4)(b); and     (b) submit to the department an application for clearance for the individual, including:   (i) the personal identification information; and     (ii) any fees established by the department under Subsection 26-21-204(9).         (2) Clearance granted for an individual pursuant to an application submitted by a covered provider or a covered contractor is valid until the later of:   (a) two years after the individual is no longer engaged as a covered individual; or     (b) the covered provider's or covered contractor's next license renewal date.      Enacted by Chapter 328, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-207 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 2 - Clearance for Direct Patient Access|Section 207 - Covered providers required to apply for clearance for certain individuals other than residents residing in residential settings -- Certain individuals other than residents prohibited from residing in residential settings without clearance.

26-21-207. Covered providers required to apply for clearance for certain individuals other than residents residing in residential settings -- Certain individuals other than residents prohibited from residing in residential settings without clearance.    (1) A covered provider that provides services in a residential setting shall:   (a) collect the personal identification information specified by the department under Subsection 26-21-204(4)(b) for each individual 12 years of age or older, other than a resident, who resides in the residential setting; and     (b) submit to the department an application for clearance for the individual, including:   (i) the personal identification information; and     (ii) any fees established by the department under Subsection 26-21-204(9).         (2) A covered provider that provides services in a residential setting may allow an individual 12 years of age or older, other than a resident, to reside in the residential setting only if the individual has clearance.    Enacted by Chapter 328, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-208 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 2 - Clearance for Direct Patient Access|Section 208 - Application for clearance by individuals.

26-21-208. Application for clearance by individuals.    (1) An individual may apply for clearance by submitting to the department an application, including:   (a) the personal identification information specified by the department under Subsection 26-21-204(4)(b); and     (b) any fees established by the department under Subsection 26-21-204(9).       (2) Clearance granted to an individual who makes application under Subsection (1) is valid for two years unless the department determines otherwise based on its ongoing review under Subsection 26-21-204(4)(a).    Enacted by Chapter 328, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-209 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 2 - Clearance for Direct Patient Access|Section 209 - Direct Access Clearance System database -- Contents -- Use.

 Effective 7/1/2015  26-21-209. Direct Access Clearance System database -- Contents -- Use.    (1) The department shall create and maintain a Direct Access Clearance System database, which:   (a) includes the names of individuals for whom the department has received:   (i) an application for clearance under this part; or     (ii) an application for background clearance under Section 26-8a-310; and       (b) indicates whether an application is pending and whether clearance has been granted and retained for:   (i) an applicant under this part; and     (ii) an applicant for background clearance under Section 26-8a-310.         (2)   (a) The department shall allow covered providers and covered contractors to access the database electronically.     (b) Data accessible to a covered provider or covered contractor is limited to the information under Subsections (1)(a)(i) and (1)(b)(i) for:   (i) covered individuals engaged by the covered provider or covered contractor; and     (ii) individuals:   (A) whom the covered provider or covered contractor could engage as covered individuals; and     (B) who have provided the covered provider or covered contractor with sufficient personal identification information to uniquely identify the individual in the database.         (c)   (i) The department may establish fees, in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, for use of the database by a covered contractor.     (ii) The fees may include, in addition to any fees established by the department under Subsection 26-21-204(9), an initial set-up fee, an ongoing access fee, and a per-use fee.        Amended by Chapter 307, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-210 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 2 - Clearance for Direct Patient Access|Section 210 - No civil liability.

26-21-210. No civil liability.  A covered body is not civilly liable for submitting to the department information required under this part or refusing to employ an individual who does not have clearance to have direct patient access under Section 26-21-203.  Enacted by Chapter 328, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-301 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 3 - Assisted Living Facilities|Section 301 - Title.

 Effective 5/8/2018  26-21-301. Title.  This part is known as "Assisted Living Facilities." Amended by Chapter 220, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-302 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 3 - Assisted Living Facilities|Section 302 - Definitions.

 Effective 5/8/2018  26-21-302. Definitions.  As used in this part:  (1) "Facility" means an assisted living facility.     (2) "Legal representative" means an individual who is legally authorized to make health care decisions on behalf of another individual.     (3)   (a) "Monitoring device" means:   (i) a video surveillance camera; or     (ii) a microphone or other device that captures audio.       (b) "Monitoring device" does not include:   (i) a device that is specifically intended to intercept wire, electronic, or oral communication without notice to or the consent of a party to the communication; or     (ii) a device that is connected to the Internet or that is set up to transmit data via an electronic communication.         (4) "Ombudsman" means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-3-202.     (5) "Resident" means an individual who receives health care from a facility.     (6) "Responsible person" means an individual who:   (a) is designated in writing by a resident to receive communication on behalf of the resident; or     (b) a legal representative.       (7) "Room" means a resident's private or shared primary living space.     (8) "Roommate" means an individual sharing a room with a resident.    Amended by Chapter 220, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 26-21-303 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act|Part 3 - Assisted Living Facilities|Section 303 - Monitoring device -- Installation, notice, and consent -- Liability.

 Effective 5/10/2016  26-21-303. Monitoring device -- Installation, notice, and consent -- Liability.    (1) A resident or the resident's legal representative may operate or install a monitoring device in the resident's room if the resident and the resident's legal representative, if any, unless the resident is incapable of informed consent:   (a) notifies the resident's facility in writing that the resident or the resident's legal representative, if any:   (i) intends to operate or install a monitoring device in the resident's room; and     (ii) consents to a waiver agreement, if required by a facility;       (b) obtains written consent from each of the resident's roommates, and their legal representative, if any, that specifically states the hours when each roommate consents to the resident or the resident's legal representative operating the monitoring device; and     (c) assumes all responsibility for any cost related to installing or operating the monitoring device.       (2) A facility shall not be civilly or criminally liable to:   (a) a resident or resident's roommate for the operation of a monitoring device consistent with this part; and     (b) any person other than the resident or resident's roommate for any claims related to the use or operation of a monitoring device consistent with this part, unless the claim is caused by the acts or omissions of an employee or agent of the facility.       (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, an individual may not, under this part, operate a monitoring device in a facility without a court order:   (a) in secret; or     (b) with an intent to intercept a wire, electronic, or oral communication without notice to or the consent of a party to the communication.      Enacted by Chapter 141, 2016 General Session