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2020 Utah Code
Title 78B - Judicial Code
Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous
Part 4 - Disease Testing for Peace Officers, Health Care Providers, and Volunteers
Section 401 - Definitions.
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UT Code § 78B-8-401 (2020)
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Effective 6/29/2020
78B-8-401. Definitions.
As used in this part:
Amended by Chapter 16, 2020 Special Session 5
78B-8-401. Definitions.
As used in this part:
- (1) "Blood or contaminated body fluids" includes blood, saliva, amniotic fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, pleural fluid, synovial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, semen, and vaginal secretions, and any body fluid visibly contaminated with blood.
- (2) "COVID-19" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-4-517.
- (3) "Disease" means Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection, acute or chronic Hepatitis B infection, Hepatitis C infection, COVID-19 or another infectious disease that may cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, and any other infectious disease specifically designated by the Labor Commission, in consultation with the Department of Health, for the purposes of this part.
- (4) "Emergency services provider" means:
- (a) an individual licensed under Section 26-8a-302, a peace officer, local fire department personnel, or personnel employed by the Department of Corrections or by a county jail, who provide prehospital emergency care for an emergency services provider either as an employee or as a volunteer; or
- (b) an individual who provides for the care, control, support, or transport of a prisoner.
- (5) "First aid volunteer" means a person who provides voluntary emergency assistance or first aid medical care to an injured person prior to the arrival of an emergency medical services provider or peace officer.
- (6) "Health care provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-403.
- (7) "Medical testing procedure" means a nasopharyngeal swab, a nasal swab, a capillary blood sample, a saliva test, or a blood draw.
- (8) "Peace officer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-1-102.
- (9) "Prisoner" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-101.
- (10) "Significant exposure" and "significantly exposed" mean:
- (a) exposure of the body of one individual to the blood or body fluids of another individual by:
- (i) percutaneous injury, including a needle stick, cut with a sharp object or instrument, or a wound resulting from a human bite, scratch, or similar force; or
- (ii) contact with an open wound, mucous membrane, or nonintact skin because of a cut, abrasion, dermatitis, or other damage;
- (b) exposure of the body of one individual to the body fluids, including airborne droplets, of another individual if:
- (i) the other individual displays symptoms known to be associated with COVID-19 or another infectious disease that may cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; or
- (ii) other evidence exists that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the other individual may be infected with COVID-19 or another infectious disease that may cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; or
- (c) exposure that occurs by any other method of transmission defined by the Labor Commission, in consultation with the Department of Health, as a significant exposure.
- (a) exposure of the body of one individual to the blood or body fluids of another individual by:
Amended by Chapter 16, 2020 Special Session 5
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