26-21-26 - General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose. - Utah Statutes

26-21-26. General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substancepoisoning or overdose.
(1) Beginning on July 1, 2012, if a person who is 12 years of age or older is admitted to ageneral acute hospital for poisoning involving a prescribed controlled substance, the generalacute 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 inSection 58-1-103, that includes:
(a) the patient's name;
(b) each drug or other substance found in the person's system that may have contributedto the poisoning or overdose, if known; and
(c) the name of each person who the general acute hospital has reason to believe mayhave prescribed a controlled substance described in Subsection (1)(b) to the person, if known.
(2) Nothing in this section may be construed as creating a new cause of action.

Enacted by Chapter 290, 2010 General Session