Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R386 - Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology
Rule R386-703 - Injury Reporting Rule
Section R386-703-2 - Definitions

(1) "Acute Traumatic Brain Injury" means a head injury of sufficient severity to cause death or to require admission to a health care facility. Acute traumatic brain injuries may be associated with transient or persistent neurological dysfunction and may be diagnosed as brain concussions, brain contusions, or traumatic intracranial hemorrhages.

(2) "Acute Spinal Cord Injury" means a traumatic injury to the contents of the spinal canal, spinal cord or cauda equina, which result in death or which result in transient or persistent neurological dysfunction of sufficient severity to require health care facility admission.

(3) "Agency" means the health care facility or laboratory at which a reportable injury is treated or evaluated.

(4) "Asphyxiation" means an injury which arises from atmospheric oxygen deprivation or from traumatic respiratory obstruction which results in death or is of sufficient severity to require admission to a health care facility.

(5) "Authorized Health Personnel" means a person representing the Department or a local health department who is authorized to inspect medical records for injury investigations.

(6) "Blunt Force Injury" means a blunt force injury which results in death or is of sufficient severity to require admission to a health care facility.

(7) "Bureau of Emergency Medical Services" means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in the Division of Family Health and Preparedness in the Utah Department of Health.

(8) "Bureau of Epidemiology" means the Bureau of Epidemiology in the Division of Disease Control and Prevention in the Utah Department of Health.

(9) "Burns" means an injury resulting from acute thermal exposure or exposure to fire which results in death or is of sufficient severity to require admission to a health care facility.

(10) "Chemical Poisoning" means any case where a person has an acute exposure to toxic chemical substances which result in death or require admission to a health care facility or emergency department evaluation.

(11) "Department" means the Utah Department of Health.

(12) "Drowning" and "Near Drowning" means a water immersion injury resulting in death and any water immersion injury of sufficient severity to require admission to a health care facility.

(13) "Electrocution" means an injury arising from exposure to electricity which results in death or is of sufficient severity to require admission to a health care facility.

(14) "Elevated Blood Lead" means any case where a person has a blood lead concentration equal to or greater than 5 micrograms per deciliter.

(15) "Health Care Facility" means the same as in Title 26, Chapter 21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.

(16) "Individual" means the medical examiner, head start coordinator, or licensed medical personnel of a private office who treated or evaluated a reportable injury.

(17) "Injury" means bodily damage resulting from exposure to physical agents including mechanical energy, thermal energy, ionizing radiation, or chemicals, or resulting from the deprivation of basic environmental requirements including oxygen or heat.

(18) "Injury Related to Substance Abuse" means any case of injury resulting in death or hospitalization and associated with alcohol or drug intoxication of any person involved in the injury occurrence.

(19) "Intentional Injuries" means any case of suicide or attempted suicide resulting in admission to a health care facility or any case of homicide, attempted homicide, or battery resulting in hospitalization.

(20) "Laboratory" is defined as any clinical laboratory, physician office, health care facility, health clinic, reference laboratory or any facility that performs blood lead analysis.

(21) "Local health department" has the same meaning as defined in Section 26A-1-102.

(22) "Local health officer" means the executive director of the jurisdictional local health department or a designated representative.

(23) "Mechanical Energy Injuries" means acceleration and deceleration injuries, blunt trauma, and penetrating wound injuries.

(24) "Office of Vital Records and Statistics" means the Office of Vital Records and Statistics in the Center for Health Data and Informatics in the Utah Department of Health.

(25) "Traumatic Amputations" means a traumatic amputation of a limb or part of a limb which results in death or which require admission to a health care facility or emergency department treatment.