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2011 Utah Code
Title 26 Utah Health Code
Chapter 21b Sexual Assault Victim Protocols
Section 201 Emergency contraception services for a victim of sexual assault.
26-21b-201. Emergency contraception services for a victim of sexual assault.(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a designated facility shall provide the following services to a victim of sexual assault:
(a) provide the victim with written and oral medical information regarding emergency contraception that is unbiased, accurate, and generally accepted by the medical community as being scientifically valid;
(b) orally inform the victim of sexual assault that the victim may obtain emergency contraception at the designated facility;
(c) offer a complete regimen of emergency contraception to a victim of sexual assault;
(d) provide, at the designated facility, emergency contraception to the victim of sexual assault upon her request;
(e) maintain a protocol, prepared by a physician, for the administration of emergency contraception at the designated facility to a victim of sexual assault; and
(f) develop and implement a written policy to ensure that a person is present at the designated facility, or on-call, who:
(i) has authority to dispense or prescribe emergency contraception, independently, or under the protocol described in Subsection (1)(e), to a victim of sexual assault; and
(ii) is trained to comply with the requirements of this section.
(2) A freestanding urgent care center is exempt from the requirements of Subsection (1) if:
(a) there is a general acute hospital or a critical access hospital within 30 miles of the freestanding urgent care center; and
(b) an employee of the freestanding urgent care center provides the victim with:
(i) written and oral medical information regarding emergency contraception that is unbiased, accurate, and generally accepted by the medical community as being scientifically valid; and
(ii) the name and address of the general acute hospital or critical access hospital described in Subsection (2)(a).
(3) A practitioner shall comply with Subsection (4) with regard to a person who is a victim of sexual assault, if the person presents to receive medical care, or receives medical care, from the practitioner at a location that is not a designated facility.
(4) A practitioner described in Subsection (3) shall:
(a) provide the victim with written and oral medical information regarding emergency contraception that is unbiased, accurate, and generally accepted by the medical community as being scientifically valid; and
(b) (i) (A) orally inform the victim of sexual assault that the victim may obtain emergency contraception at the facility where the practitioner is located; and
(B) provide emergency contraception to the victim of sexual assault, if she requests emergency contraception; or
(ii) inform the victim of sexual assault of the nearest location where she may obtain emergency contraception.
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