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2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 213 - Sexually transmitted infections -- Examinations by authorities -- Treatment of infected persons.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-213.
Sexually transmitted infections -- Examinations by authorities -- Treatment of infected persons.
State, county, and municipal health officers within their respective jurisdictions may make examinations of persons reasonably suspected of being infected with venereal disease. Persons infected with venereal disease shall be required to report for treatment to either a reputable physician or physician assistant and continue treatment until cured or to submit to treatment provided at public expense until cured.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 214 - Sexually transmitted infections -- Consent of minor to treatment.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-214.
Sexually transmitted infections -- Consent of minor to treatment.
(1) A consent to medical care or services by a hospital or public clinic or the performance of medical care or services by a licensed physician or physician assistant executed by a minor who is or professes to be afflicted with a sexually transmitted disease, shall have the same legal effect upon the minor and the same legal obligations with regard to the giving of consent as a consent given by a person of full legal age and capacity, the infancy of the minor and any contrary provision of law notwithstanding.
(2) The consent of the minor is not subject to later disaffirmance by reason of minority at the time it was given and the consent of no other person or persons shall be necessary to authorize hospital or clinical care or services to be provided to the minor by a licensed physician or physician assistant.
(3) The provisions of this section shall apply also to minors who profess to be in need of hospital or clinical care and services or medical care or services provided by a physician or physician assistant for suspected sexually transmitted disease, regardless of whether such professed suspicions are subsequently substantiated on a medical basis.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 215 - Sexually transmitted infections -- Examination and treatment of persons in prison or jail.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-215.
Sexually transmitted infections -- Examination and treatment of persons in prison or jail.
(1)
(a) All persons confined in any state, county, or city prison or jail shall be examined, and if infected, treated for venereal diseases by the health authorities.
(b) The prison authorities of every state, county, or city prison or jail shall make available to the health authorities such portion of the prison or jail as may be necessary for a clinic or hospital wherein all persons suffering with venereal disease at the time of the expiration of their terms of imprisonment, shall be isolated and treated at public expense until cured.
(2)
(a) The department may require persons suffering with venereal disease at the time of the expiration of their terms of imprisonment to report for treatment to a licensed physician or physician assistant or submit to treatment provided at public expense in lieu of isolation.
(b) Nothing in this section shall interfere with the service of any sentence imposed by a court as a punishment for the commission of crime.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 216 - Serological testing of pregnant or recently delivered women.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-216.
Serological testing of pregnant or recently delivered women.
(1) As used in this section, a "standard serological test" means a test for syphilis approved by the department and made at an approved laboratory.
(2)
(a) Every licensed physician and surgeon attending a pregnant or recently delivered woman for conditions relating to her pregnancy shall take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of the woman at the time of first examination or within 10 days thereafter.
(b) The blood sample shall be submitted to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis.
(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to any female who objects thereto on the grounds that she is a bona fide member of a specified, well recognized religious organization whose teachings are contrary to the tests.
(3)
(a) Every other person attending a pregnant or recently delivered woman, who is not permitted by law to take blood samples, shall within 10 days from the time of first attendance cause a sample of blood to be taken by a licensed physician or physician assistant.
(b) The blood sample shall be submitted to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis.
(4)
(a) An approved laboratory is a laboratory approved by the department according to its rules governing the approval of laboratories for the purpose of this title.
(b) In submitting the sample to the laboratory the physician or physician assistant shall designate whether it is a prenatal test or a test following recent delivery.
(5) The laboratory shall transmit a detailed report of the standard serological test, showing the result thereof to the physician or physician assistant.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 218 - Protection from examination in legal proceedings -- Exceptions.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-218.
Protection from examination in legal proceedings -- Exceptions.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), an officer or employee of the department or of a local health department may not be examined in a legal proceeding of any kind or character as to the existence or content of information retained pursuant to Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223 or obtained as a result of an investigation conducted pursuant to Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223, without the written consent of the individual who is identified in the information or, if that individual is deceased, the consent of the individual's next-of-kin.
(2) This section does not restrict testimony and evidence provided by an employee or officer of the department or a local health department about:
(a) persons who are under restrictive actions taken by the department in accordance with Subsection 26B-7-217(2)(e); or
(b) individuals or groups of individuals subject to examination, treatment, isolation, and quarantine actions under Part 3, Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 219 - Violation -- Penalty.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-219.
Violation -- Penalty.
(1) Any individual or entity entitled to receive confidential information from the department or a local health department under Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223, other than the individual identified in that information, who violates Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223 by releasing or making public confidential information, or by otherwise breaching the confidentiality requirements of Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(2) Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223 do not apply to any individual or entity that holds or receives information relating to an individual who has or is suspected of having a disease designated by the department as a communicable or reportable disease under Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223, if that individual or entity has obtained the information from a source other than the department or a local health department.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 220 - Exclusions from confidentiality requirements.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-220.
Exclusions from confidentiality requirements.
(1) The provisions of Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223 do not apply to:
(a) information that relates to an individual who is in the custody of the Department of Corrections, a county jail, or the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services within the department;
(b) information that relates to an individual who has been in the custody of the Department of Corrections, a county jail, or the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services within the department, if liability of either of those departments, a county, or a division, or of an employee of a department, division, or county, is alleged by that individual in a lawsuit concerning transmission of an infectious or communicable disease; or
(c) any information relating to an individual who willfully or maliciously or with reckless disregard for the welfare of others transmits a communicable or infectious disease.
(2) Nothing in Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223 limits the right of the individual identified in the information described in Subsection 26B-7-217(1) to disclose that information.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 222 - Testing for COVID-19 for high-risk individuals at care facilities -- Collection and release of information regarding risk factors and comorbidities for COVID-19.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-222.
Testing for COVID-19 for high-risk individuals at care facilities -- Collection and release of information regarding risk factors and comorbidities for COVID-19.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Care facility" means a facility described in Subsections 26B-7-206(2) through (6).
(b) "COVID-19" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-4-517.
(2)
(a) At the request of the department or a local health department, an individual who meets the criteria established by the department under Subsection (2)(b) shall submit to testing for COVID-19.
(b) The department:
(i) shall establish protocols to identify and test individuals who are present at a care facility and are at high risk for contracting COVID-19;
(ii) may establish criteria to identify care facilities where individuals are at high risk for COVID-19; and
(iii) may establish who is responsible for the costs of the testing.
(c)
(i) The protocols described in Subsection (2)(b)(i) shall:
(A) notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), permit an individual who is a resident of a care facility to refuse testing; and
(B) specify criteria for when an individual's refusal to submit to testing under Subsection (2)(c)(i)(A) endangers the health or safety of other individuals at the care facility.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, a care facility may discharge a resident who declines testing requested by the department under Subsection (2)(a) if:
(A) under the criteria specified by the department under Subsection (2)(c)(i)(B), the resident's refusal to submit to testing endangers the health or safety of other individuals at the care facility; and
(B) discharging the resident does not violate federal law.
(3) The department may establish protocols to collect information regarding the individual's age and relevant comorbidities from an individual who receives a positive test result for COVID-19.
(4)
(a) The department shall publish deidentified information regarding comorbidities and other risk factors for COVID-19 in a manner that is accessible to the public.
(b) The department may work with a state agency as defined in Section 67-27-102, to perform the analysis or publish the information described in Subsection (4)(a).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 223 - Department support for local education agency test to stay programs -- Department guidance for local education agencies.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-223.
Department support for local education agency test to stay programs -- Department guidance for local education agencies.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Case threshold" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-9-210.
(b) "COVID-19" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-9-210.
(c) "Local education agency" or "LEA" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-9-210.
(d) "Test to stay program" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-9-210.
(2) At the request of an LEA, the department shall provide support for the LEA's test to stay program if a school in the LEA reaches the case threshold, including by providing:
(a) COVID-19 testing supplies;
(b) a mobile testing unit; and
(c) other support requested by the LEA related to the LEA's test to stay program.
(3) The department shall ensure that guidance the department provides to LEAs related to test to stay programs complies with Section 53G-9-210, including the determination of whether a school meets a case threshold described in Subsection 53G-9-210(3).
(4) Subsection (2) regarding the requirement to support an LEA's test to stay program does not apply after February 2, 2022, unless the test to stay requirement is triggered under Subsection 53G-9-210(2)(c).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 224 - Study on violent incidents and fatalities involving substance abuse -- Report.

Affected by 63I-1-226 on 12/31/2027
Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-224.
Study on violent incidents and fatalities involving substance abuse -- Report.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Drug overdose event" means an acute condition, including a decreased level of consciousness or respiratory depression resulting from the consumption or use of a controlled substance, or another substance with which a controlled substance or alcohol was combined, that results in an individual requiring medical assistance.
(b) "Substance abuse" means the misuse or excessive use of alcohol or other drugs or substances.
(c) "Violent incident" means:
(i) aggravated assault as described in Section 76-5-103;
(ii) child abuse as described in Sections 76-5-109, 76-5-109.2, 76-5-109.3, and 76-5-114;
(iii) an offense described in Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 2, Criminal Homicide;
(iv) an offense described in Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 4, Sexual Offenses;
(v) a burglary offense described in Sections 76-6-202 , 76-6-203, 76-6-204, and 76-6-204.5;
(vi) an offense described in Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 3, Robbery;
(vii) a domestic violence offense, as defined in Section 77-36-1; and
(viii) any other violent offense, as determined by the department.
(2) In 2021 and continuing every other year, the department shall provide a report before October 1 to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding the number of:
(a) violent incidents and fatalities that occurred in the state during the preceding calendar year that, at the time of occurrence, involved substance abuse;
(b) drug overdose events in the state during the preceding calendar year; and
(c) recommendations for legislation, if any, to prevent the occurrence of the events described in Subsections (2)(a) and (b).
(3) The department may contract with another state agency, private entity, or research institution to assist the department with the report described in Subsection (2).
Amended by Chapter 111, 2023 General Session
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 225 - Statewide stroke registry.

Effective 5/3/2023
Renumbered 7/1/2024
26B-7-225.
Statewide stroke registry.
(1) The department shall establish and supervise a statewide stroke registry to:
(a) analyze information on the incidence, severity, causes, outcomes, and rehabilitation of stroke;
(b) promote optimal care for stroke patients;
(c) alleviate unnecessary death and disability from stroke;
(d) encourage the efficient and effective continuum of patient care, including prevention, prehospital care, hospital care, and rehabilitative care; and
(e) minimize the overall cost of stroke.
(2) The department shall utilize the registry established under Subsection (1) to assess:
(a) the effectiveness of the data collected by the registry; and
(b) the impact of the statewide stroke registry on the provision of stroke care.
(3)
(a) The department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish:
(i) the data elements that general acute hospitals shall report to the registry; and
(ii) the time frame and format for reporting.
(b) The data elements described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) shall include consensus metrics consistent with data elements used in nationally recognized data set platforms for stroke care.
(c) The department shall permit a general acute hospital to submit data required under this section through an electronic exchange of clinical health information that meets the standards established by the department under Section 26B-8-411.
(4) A general acute hospital shall submit stroke data in accordance with rules established under Subsection (3).
(5) Data collected under this section shall be subject to Chapter 8, Part 4, Health Statistics.
(6) No person may be held civilly liable for providing data to the department in accordance with this section.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 226 - Statewide cardiac registry.

Effective 5/3/2023
Renumbered 7/1/2024
26B-7-226.
Statewide cardiac registry.
(1) The department shall establish and supervise a statewide cardiac registry to:
(a) analyze information on the incidence, severity, causes, outcomes, and rehabilitation of cardiac diseases;
(b) promote optimal care for cardiac patients;
(c) alleviate unnecessary death and disability from cardiac diseases;
(d) encourage the efficient and effective continuum of patient care, including prevention, prehospital care, hospital care, and rehabilitative care; and
(e) minimize the overall cost of cardiac care.
(2) The department shall utilize the registry established under Subsection (1) to assess:
(a) the effectiveness of the data collected by the registry; and
(b) the impact of the statewide cardiac registry on the provision of cardiac care.
(3)
(a) The department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish:
(i) the data elements that general acute hospitals shall report to the registry; and
(ii) the time frame and format for reporting.
(b) The data elements described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) shall include consensus metrics consistent with data elements used in nationally recognized data set platforms for cardiac care.
(c) The department shall permit a general acute hospital to submit data required under this section through an electronic exchange of clinical health information that meets the standards established by the department under Section 26B-8-411.
(4) A general acute hospital shall submit cardiac data in accordance with rules established under Subsection (3).
(5) Data collected under this section shall be subject to Chapter 8, Part 4, Health Statistics.
(6) No person may be held civilly liable for providing data to the department in accordance with this section.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 2 - Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies › Section 227 - Chronic disease control -- Establishing a prevention program -- Detection, monitoring, and community education.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-227.
Chronic disease control -- Establishing a prevention program -- Detection, monitoring, and community education.
(1) As used in this section, "chronic disease" means an impairment or deviation from the normal functioning of the human body having one or more of the following characteristics:
(a) is permanent;
(b) leaves residual disability;
(c) is caused by nonreversible pathological alterations;
(d) requires special patient education and instruction for rehabilitation; or
(e) may require a long period of supervision, observation and care.
(2) The department shall establish and operate reasonable programs to prevent, delay, and detect the onset of chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, genetic diseases, and such other chronic diseases as the department determines are important in promoting, protecting, and maintaining the public's health.
(3)
(a) The department shall develop and maintain a system for detecting and monitoring chronic diseases within the state and shall investigate and determine the epidemiology of those conditions which contributed to preventable and premature sickness, or both, and to death and disability.
(b) The department shall consider the disease known as "lupus" a chronic disease subject to the detection and monitoring provisions of Subsection (3)(a).
(4) The department shall establish programs of community and professional education relevant to the detection, prevention, and control of chronic diseases.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 302 - Executive director -- Power to order abatement of public health hazard.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-302.
Executive director -- Power to order abatement of public health hazard.
If the executive director finds that a condition of filth, sanitation, or other health hazard exists which creates a clear present hazard to the public health and which requires immediate action to protect human health or safety, the executive director with the concurrence of the governor may order persons causing or contributing to the condition to reduce, discontinue, or ameliorate it to the extent that the public health hazard is eliminated.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 303 - Applicability -- Administrative procedures.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-303.
Applicability -- Administrative procedures.
(1) Sections 26B-7-304 through 26B-7-315 apply to involuntary examination, treatment, isolation, and quarantine actions applied to individuals or groups of individuals by the department or a local health department.
(2) The provisions of Sections 26B-7-304 through 26B-7-315 supersede the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.
(3) The department may adopt rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, as necessary to administer the provisions of Sections 26B-7-304 through 26B-7-315.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 305 - Consent to order of restriction -- Periodic review.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-305.
Consent to order of restriction -- Periodic review.
(1)
(a) The department or a local health department shall either seek judicial review of an order of restriction under Sections 26B-7-309 through 26B-7-311, or obtain the consent of an individual subject to an order of restriction.
(b) If the department or a local health department obtains consent, the consent shall be in writing and shall inform the individual or group of individuals:
(i) of the terms and duration of the order of restriction;
(ii) of the importance of complying with the order of restriction to protect the public's health;
(iii) that each individual has the right to agree to the order of restriction, or refuse to agree to the order of restriction and seek a judicial review of the order of restriction;
(iv) that for any individual who consents to the order of restriction:
(A) the order of restriction will not be reviewed by the court unless the individual withdraws consent to the order of restriction in accordance with Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(B); and
(B) the individual shall notify the department or local health department in writing, with at least five business day's notice, if the individual intends to withdraw consent to the order of restriction; and
(v) that a breach of a consent agreement prior to the end of the order of restriction may subject the individual to an involuntary order of restriction under Section 26B-7-306.
(2)
(a) The department or local health department responsible for the care of an individual who has consented to the order of restriction shall periodically reexamine the reasons upon which the order of restriction was based. This reexamination shall occur at least once every six months.
(b)
(i) If at any time, the department or local health department determines that the conditions justifying the order of restriction for either a group or an individual no longer exist, the department or local health department shall immediately discharge the individual or group from the order of restriction.
(ii) If the department or local health department determines that the conditions justifying the order of restriction continue to exist, the department or local health department shall send to the individual a written notice of:
(A) the department or local health department's findings, the expected duration of the order of restriction, and the reason for the decision; and
(B) the individual's right to a judicial review of the order of restriction by the court if requested by the individual.
(iii) Upon request for judicial review by an individual, the department or local health department shall:
(A) file a petition with the court within five business days after the individual's request for a judicial review; and
(B) proceed under Sections 26B-7-309 through 26B-7-311.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 306 - Involuntary order of restriction -- Notice -- Effect of order during judicial review.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-306.
Involuntary order of restriction -- Notice -- Effect of order during judicial review.
(1) If the department or local health department cannot obtain consent to the order of restriction from an individual, or if an individual withdraws consent to an order under Subsection 26B-7-305(1)(b)(iv)(B), the department or local health department shall:
(a) give the individual or group of individuals subject to the order of restriction a written notice of:
(i) the order of restriction and any supporting documentation; and
(ii) the individual's right to a judicial review of the order of restriction; and
(b) file a petition for a judicial review of the order of restriction under Section 26B-7-309 in court within:
(i) five business days after issuing the written notice of the order of restriction; or
(ii) if consent has been withdrawn under Subsection 26B-7-305(1)(b)(iv)(B), within five business days after receiving notice of the individual's withdrawal of consent.
(2)
(a) An order of restriction remains in effect during any judicial proceedings to review the order of restriction if the department or local health department files a petition for judicial review of the order of restriction within the period of time required by this section.
(b) Law enforcement officers with jurisdiction in the area where the individual who is subject to the order of restriction can be located shall assist the department or local health department with enforcing the order of restriction.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 308 - Medical records -- Privacy protections.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-308.
Medical records -- Privacy protections.
(1)
(a) Health care providers as defined in Section 78B-3-403, health care facilities licensed under Chapter 2, Part 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection, and governmental entities, shall, when requested, provide the public health official and the individual subject to an order of restriction, a copy of medical records that are relevant to the order of restriction.
(b) The records requested under Subsection (1)(a) shall be provided as soon as reasonably possible after the request is submitted to the health care provider or health care facility, or as soon as reasonably possible after the health care provider or facility receives the results of any relevant diagnostic testing of the individual.
(2)
(a) The production of records under the provisions of this section is for the benefit of the public health and safety of the citizens of the state. A health care provider or facility is encouraged to provide copies of medical records or other records necessary to carry out the purpose of Sections 26B-7-304 through 26B-7-314 free of charge.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (2)(c), a health care facility that is a state governmental entity shall provide medical records or other records necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections 26B-7-304 through 26B-7-314, free of charge.
(c) If a health care provider or health care facility does not provide medical records free of charge under the provisions of Subsection (2)(a) or (b), the health care provider or facility may charge a fee for the records that does not exceed the presumed reasonable charges established for workers' compensation by administrative rule adopted by the Labor Commission.
(3) Medical records held by a court related to orders of restriction under Sections 26B-7-304 through 26B-7-314 shall be sealed by the court at the conclusion of the case.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 312 - Periodic review of individuals under court order.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-312.
Periodic review of individuals under court order.
(1)
(a) At least two weeks prior to the expiration of the designated period of any court order still in effect, the petitioner shall inform the court that issued the order that the order is about to expire.
(b) The petitioner shall immediately reexamine the reasons upon which the court's order was based.
(c) If the petitioner determines that the conditions justifying that order no longer exist, the petitioner shall discharge the individual from involuntary quarantine, isolation, or treatment and report its action to the court for a termination of the order.
(d) If the conditions justifying the order still exist, the court shall schedule a hearing prior to the expiration of the court's order and proceed under Sections 26B-7-309 through 26B-7-311.
(2)
(a) The petitioner responsible for the care of an individual under a court order of involuntary quarantine, isolation, or treatment for an indeterminate period shall at six-month intervals reexamine the reasons upon which the order of indeterminate duration was based.
(b) If the petitioner determines that the conditions justifying that the court's order no longer exist, the petitioner shall discharge the individual from involuntary quarantine, isolation, or treatment and immediately report its action to the court for a termination of the order.
(c) If the petitioner determines that the conditions justifying the involuntary quarantine, isolation, or treatment continue to exist, the petitioner shall send a written report of those findings to the court.
(d) The petitioner shall notify the individual and his counsel of record in writing that the involuntary quarantine, isolation, or treatment will be continued, the reasons for that decision, and that the individual has the right to a review hearing by making a request to the court.
(e) Upon receiving the request for a review, the court shall immediately set a hearing date and proceed under Sections 26B-7-309 through 26B-7-311.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 313 - Transportation of individuals subject to temporary or court-ordered restriction.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-313.
Transportation of individuals subject to temporary or court-ordered restriction.
Transportation of an individual subject to an order of restriction to court, or to a place for examination, quarantine, isolation, or treatment pursuant a temporary order issued by a department or local health department, or pursuant to a court order, shall be conducted by the county sheriff where the individual is located.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 314 - Examination, quarantine, isolation, and treatment costs.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-314.
Examination, quarantine, isolation, and treatment costs.
If a local health department obtains approval from the department, the costs that the local health department would otherwise have to bear for examination, quarantine, isolation, and treatment ordered under the provisions of Sections 26B-7-304 through 26B-7-314 shall be paid by the department to the extent that the individual is unable to pay and that other sources and insurance do not pay.
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2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 315 - Severability.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-315.
Severability.
With respect to Sections 26B-7-304 through 26B-7-314, if a provision or the application of a provision to any person or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional, the provision that is found to be unconstitutional is severable and the balance of any sections not found to be unconstitutional remain effective, notwithstanding those sections found to be unconstitutional.
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2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 316 - Mandatory reporting requirements -- Contents of reports -- Penalties.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-316.
Mandatory reporting requirements -- Contents of reports -- Penalties.
(1)
(a) A health care provider shall report to the department any case of any person who the provider knows has a confirmed case of, or who the provider believes in his professional judgment is sufficiently likely to harbor any illness or health condition that may be caused by:
(i) bioterrorism;
(ii) epidemic or pandemic disease; or
(iii) novel and highly fatal infectious agents or biological toxins which might pose a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidences of permanent or long-term disability.
(b) A health care provider shall immediately submit the report required by Subsection (1)(a) within 24 hours of concluding that a report is required under Subsection (1)(a).
(2)
(a) A report required by this section shall be submitted electronically, verbally, or in writing to the department or appropriate local health department.
(b) A report submitted pursuant to Subsection (1) shall include, if known:
(i) diagnostic information on the specific illness or health condition that is the subject of the report, and, if transmitted electronically, diagnostic codes assigned to the visit;
(ii) the patient's name, date of birth, sex, race, occupation, and current home and work address and phone number;
(iii) the name, address, and phone number of the health care provider; and
(iv) the name, address, and phone number of the reporting individual.
(3) The department may impose a sanction against a health care provider for failure to make a report required by this section only if the department can show by clear and convincing evidence that a health care provider willfully failed to file a report.
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2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 318 - Pharmacy reporting requirements.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-318.
Pharmacy reporting requirements.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 26B-7-316(1)(a), a pharmacist shall report unusual drug-related events as described in Subsection (2).
(2) Unusual drug-related events that require a report include:
(a) an unusual increase in the number of prescriptions filled for antimicrobials;
(b) any prescription that treats a disease that has bioterrorism potential if that prescription is unusual or in excess of the expected frequency; and
(c) an unusual increase in the number of requests for information about or sales of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals to treat conditions which may suggest the presence of one of the illnesses or conditions described in Section 26B-7-316 or 26B-7-317 and which are designated by department rule.
(3)
(a) A pharmacist shall submit the report required by this section within 24 hours after the pharmacist suspects, in his professional judgement, that an unusual drug-related event has occurred.
(b) If a pharmacy is part of a health care facility subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 26B-7-316 through 26B-7-324, the pharmacist in charge shall make the report under this section on behalf of the health care facility.
(4)
(a) The report required by this section shall be submitted in accordance with Subsection 26B-7-316(2)(a).
(b) A report shall include the name and location of the reporting pharmacist, the name and type of pharmaceuticals that are the subject of the unusual increase in use, and if known, the suspected illness or health condition that is the subject of the report.
(5) A pharmacist is subject to the penalties under Subsection 26B-7-316(3) for failing to make a report required by this section.
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2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 319 - Medical laboratory reporting requirements.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-319.
Medical laboratory reporting requirements.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 26B-7-316(1), the director of a medical laboratory located in this state is responsible for reporting results of a laboratory test that confirm a condition or illness described in Subsection 26B-7-316(1) within 24 hours after obtaining the results of the test. This reporting requirement also applies to results obtained on specimens sent to an out-of-state laboratory for analysis.
(2) The director of a medical laboratory located outside this state that receives a specimen obtained inside this state is responsible for reporting the results of any test that confirm a condition or illness described in Subsection 26B-7-316(1), within 24 hours of obtaining the results, provided that the laboratory that performs the test has agreed to the reporting requirements of this state.
(3) If a medical laboratory is part of a health care facility subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 26B-7-316 through 26B-7-324, the director of the medical laboratory shall make the report required by this section on behalf of the health care facility.
(4) The report required by this section shall be submitted in accordance with Subsection 26B-7-316(2).
(5) The director of a medical laboratory is subject to the penalties of Subsection 26B-7-316(3) for failing to make a report required by this section.
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2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 320 - Exemptions from liability.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-320.
Exemptions from liability.
(1) A health care provider may not be discharged, suspended, disciplined, or harassed for making a report under Sections 26B-7-316 through 26B-7-323.
(2) A health care provider may not incur any civil or criminal liability as a result of making any report under Sections 26B-7-316 through 26B-7-323 so long as the report is made in good faith.
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2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 322 - Enforcement.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-322.
Enforcement.
The department may enforce the provisions of Sections 26B-7-316 through 26B-7-324 in accordance with existing enforcement laws and regulations.
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2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 323 - Information sharing with public safety authorities.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-323.
Information sharing with public safety authorities.
(1) As used in this section, "public safety authority" means a local, state, or federal law enforcement authority including the Division of Emergency Management, emergency medical services personnel, and firefighters.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act:
(a) whenever a public safety authority suspects a case of a reportable illness or condition under the provisions of Sections 26B-7-316 through 26B-7-324, it shall immediately notify the department;
(b) whenever the department learns of a case of a reportable illness or condition under this part that the department reasonably believes has the potential to be caused by one of the factors listed in Subsection 26B-7-316(1), the department shall immediately notify the appropriate public safety authority; and
(c) sharing of information reportable under Sections 26B-7-316 through 26B-7-324 between persons authorized by Sections 26B-7-316 through 26B-7-324 shall be limited to information necessary for the treatment, control, investigation, and prevention of a public health emergency.
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2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 3 - Treatment, Isolation, and Quarantine Procedures for Communicable Diseases › Section 324 - Applicability of confidentiality provisions.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-324.
Applicability of confidentiality provisions.
The provisions of Sections 26B-7-217 and 26B-7-218 apply to information collected under Sections 26B-7-316 through 26B-7-323 except to the extent that application of a provision in Section 26B-7-217 or 26B-7-218 is inconsistent with Sections 26B-7-316 through 26B-7-323.
Enacted by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 4 - General Sanitation and Food Safety › Section 402 - Minimum rules of sanitation established by department.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-402.
Minimum rules of sanitation established by department.
The department shall establish and enforce, or provide for the enforcement of minimum rules of sanitation necessary to protect the public health. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, rules necessary for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, or expansion of:
(1) restaurants and all places where food or drink is handled, sold or served to the public;
(2) public swimming pools;
(3) public baths including saunas, spas, massage parlors, and suntan parlors;
(4) public bathing beaches;
(5) schools which are publicly or privately owned or operated;
(6) recreational resorts, camps, and vehicle parks;
(7) amusement parks and all other centers and places used for public gatherings;
(8) mobile home parks and highway rest stops;
(9) construction or labor camps;
(10) jails, prisons and other places of incarceration or confinement;
(11) hotels and motels;
(12) lodging houses and boarding houses;
(13) service stations;
(14) barbershops and beauty shops, including a facility in which one or more individuals are engaged in:
(a) any of the practices licensed under Title 58, Chapter 11a, Cosmetology and Associated Professions Licensing Act; or
(b) styling hair in accordance with the exemption from licensure described in Section 58-11a-304(13);
(15) physician and dentist offices;
(16) public buildings and grounds;
(17) public conveyances and terminals; and
(18) commercial tanning facilities.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code › Chapter 7 - Public Health and Prevention › Part 4 - General Sanitation and Food Safety › Section 403 - Department to advise regarding the plumbing code.

Effective 5/3/2023
26B-7-403.
Department to advise regarding the plumbing code.
(1) The department shall advise the Division of Professional Licensing and the Uniform Building Code Commission with respect to the adoption of a state construction code under Section 15A-1-204, including providing recommendations as to:
(a) a specific edition of a plumbing code issued by a nationally recognized code authority; and
(b) any amendments to a nationally recognized code.
(2) The department may enforce the plumbing code adopted under Section 15A-1-204.
(3) Section 58-56-9 does not apply to health inspectors acting under this section.
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