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Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act
Part 1 - General Provisions
Section 26 - General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.
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UT Code § 26-21-26 (2021)
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Effective 5/10/2016
26-21-26. General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.
Amended by Chapter 99, 2016 General Session
26-21-26. General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.
- (1) If a person who is 12 years of age or older is admitted to a general acute hospital for poisoning or overdose involving a prescribed controlled substance, the general acute 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 in Section 58-1-103, that includes:
- (a) the patient's name and date of birth;
- (b) each drug or other substance found in the person's system that may have contributed to the poisoning or overdose, if known;
- (c) the name of each person who the general acute hospital has reason to believe may have prescribed a controlled substance described in Subsection (1)(b) to the person, if known; and
- (d) the name of the hospital and the date of admission.
- (2) Nothing in this section may be construed as creating a new cause of action.
Amended by Chapter 99, 2016 General Session
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