26-6-28 - Protection from examination in legal proceedings -- Exceptions. - Utah Statutes

26-6-28. Protection from examination in legal proceedings -- Exceptions.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), an officer or employee of the department or ofa local health department may not be examined in a legal proceeding of any kind or character asto the existence or content of information retained pursuant to this chapter or obtained as a resultof an investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter, without the written consent of theindividual who is identified in the information or, if that individual is deceased, the consent ofhis next-of-kin.
(2) This section does not restrict testimony and evidence provided by an employee orofficer of the department or a local health department about:
(a) persons who are under restrictive actions taken by the department in accordance withSubsection 26-6-27(2)(e); or
(b) individuals or groups of individuals subject to examination, treatment, isolation, andquarantine actions under Chapter 6b, Communicable Diseases - Treatment, Isolation, andQuarantine Procedures.

Amended by Chapter 38, 2007 General Session