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2021 Utah Code
Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 6 - Utah Communicable Disease Control Act
- Section 1 - Short title.
- Section 2 - Definitions.
- Section 3 - Authority to investigate and control epidemic infections and communicable disease.
- Section 3.5 - Reporting AIDS and HIV infection -- Anonymous testing.
- Section 4 - Involuntary examination, treatment, isolation, and quarantine.
- Section 5 - Willful introduction of communicable disease a misdemeanor.
- Section 6 - Duty to report individual suspected of having communicable disease.
- Section 7 - Designation of communicable diseases by department -- Establishment of rules for detection, reporting, investigation, prevention, and control.
- Section 8 - Tuberculosis -- Duty of department to investigate, control, and monitor.
- Section 9 - Tuberculosis -- Testing of high risk individuals.
- Section 11 - Rabies or other animal disease -- Investigation and order of quarantine.
- Section 12 - Rabies or other animal disease -- Investigation following order of quarantine.
- Section 13 - Rabies or other animal disease -- Authority of peace officer to kill or capture animals.
- Section 14 - Rabies or other animal disease -- Quarantine defined.
- Section 15 - Rabies or other animal disease -- Possession of animal in violation of chapter a misdemeanor.
- Section 16 - Venereal diseases declared dangerous to public health.
- Section 17 - Venereal disease -- Examinations by authorities -- Treatment of infected persons.
- Section 18 - Venereal disease -- Consent of minor to treatment.
- Section 19 - Venereal disease -- Examination and treatment of persons in prison or jail.
- Section 20 - Serological testing of pregnant or recently delivered women.
- Section 27 - Information regarding communicable or reportable diseases confidentiality -- Exceptions.
- Section 28 - Protection from examination in legal proceedings -- Exceptions.
- Section 29 - Violation -- Penalty.
- Section 30 - Exclusions from confidentiality requirements.
- Section 31 - Public reporting of health care associated infections.
- Section 32 - Testing for COVID-19 for high-risk individuals at care facilities -- Collection and release of information regarding risk factors and comorbidities for COVID-19.
- Section 42 - Department support for local education agency test to stay programs -- Department guidance for local education agencies.
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