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Utah Code § 26B-2-225: General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code
  2. Chapter 26B-2 Licensing and Certifications
  3. Part 26B-2-2 Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection

(1) If a person who is 12 years old 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 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.

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