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Utah Code § 26B-7-220: Exclusions from confidentiality requirements.

(1) The provisions of Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223 do not apply to:
(a) information that relates to an individual who is in the custody of the Department of Corrections, a county jail, or the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services within the department;
(b) information that relates to an individual who has been in the custody of the Department of Corrections, a county jail, or the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services within the department, if liability of either of those departments, a county, or a division, or of an employee of a department, division, or county, is alleged by that individual in a lawsuit concerning transmission of an infectious or communicable disease; or
(c) any information relating to an individual who willfully or maliciously or with reckless disregard for the welfare of others transmits a communicable or infectious disease.
(2) Nothing in Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223 limits the right of the individual identified in the information described in Subsection 26B-7-217(1) to disclose that information.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code
Chapter 26B-7 Public Health and Prevention
Part 26B-7-2 Detection and Management of Chronic and Communicable Diseases andPublic Health Emergencies

(1) The provisions of Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223 do not apply to:

(a) information that relates to an individual who is in the custody of the Department of Corrections, a county jail, or the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services within the department;

(b) information that relates to an individual who has been in the custody of the Department of Corrections, a county jail, or the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services within the department, if liability of either of those departments, a county, or a division, or of an employee of a department, division, or county, is alleged by that individual in a lawsuit concerning transmission of an infectious or communicable disease; or

(c) any information relating to an individual who willfully or maliciously or with reckless disregard for the welfare of others transmits a communicable or infectious disease.

(2) Nothing in Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223 limits the right of the individual identified in the information described in Subsection 26B-7-217(1) to disclose that information.

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