26-23b-103 - Mandatory reporting requirements -- Contents of reports -- Penalties. - Utah Statutes

26-23b-103. Mandatory reporting requirements -- Contents of reports -- Penalties.
(1) (a) A health care provider shall report to the department any case of any person whothe provider knows has a confirmed case of, or who the provider believes in his professionaljudgment 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 asubstantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidences of permanent orlong-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 inwriting 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 ofthe 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 workaddress 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 tomake a report required by this section only if the department can show by clear and convincingevidence that a health care provider willfully failed to file a report.

Enacted by Chapter 155, 2002 General Session