Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R386 - Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology
Rule R386-702 - Communicable Disease Rule
Section R386-702-17 - Public Health Emergency
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Declaration of Emergency: With the Governor's and Executive Director's, or in the absence of the Executive Director, the Executive Director's designee, concurrence, the Department or a local health department may declare a public health emergency by issuing an order mandating reporting emergency illnesses or health conditions specified in Section R386-702-3 for a reasonable time.
(2) For purposes of an order issued under this section and during the public health emergency, the following definitions apply.
(3) The Department shall designate the fewest number of emergency centers as is practicable to obtain the necessary data to respond to the emergency.
(4) For purposes of epidemiological and statistical analysis, the emergency center shall report on encounters during the public health emergency that do not meet the definition for a reportable emergency illness or health condition. The report shall be made using the process described in Section R386-702-6 and shall include the following information for each such encounter:
(5) If either the Department or a local health department collects identifying health information on an individual who is the subject of a report made mandatory under this section, it shall destroy that identifying information upon the earlier of its determination that the information is no longer necessary to carry out an investigation under this section or 180 days after the information was collected. However, the Department and local health departments shall retain identifiable information gathered under other sections of this rule or other legal author i t y.
(6) Reporting on encounters during the public health emergency does not relieve a reporting entity of its responsibility to report under other sections of this rule or other legal authority.