{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-64-13-49","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 64-13-49","heading":"Inmate medical notification.","body":"(1) As used in this section, \"health care facility\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201.\n(2) Upon intake of an inmate, a correctional facility shall provide the inmate with a form that allows the inmate to designate a contact to whom the correctional facility may release the inmate's medical information in compliance with applicable federal law and Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.\n(3) A correctional facility shall, without compromising an investigation:\n(a) attempt to notify an inmate's designated contact that the inmate sustained a serious injury or contracted a serious illness within five days after:\n(i) the day on which the inmate sustains the serious injury or contracts the serious illness; or\n(ii) if the inmate is transferred to a health care facility as a result of the serious injury or serious illness, the day on which the inmate is released from the health care facility;\n(b) attempt to notify the designated contact within 24 hours after the death of the inmate and include the manner of death in the notification, if known; or\n(c) attempt to notify the designated contact if the inmate's physician determines notification is necessary because the inmate has a medical condition that:\n(i) renders the inmate incapable of making health care decisions; or\n(ii) may result in the inmate reaching end-of-life.\n(4) The notification described in Subsection (3)(a) shall, without compromising an investigation, describe:\n(a) the serious injury or serious illness;\n(b) the extent of the serious injury or serious illness;\n(c) the medical treatment plan; and\n(d) if applicable, the medical treatment recovery plan.\n(5) The department shall create a policy that a staff member provide the notification described in Subsection (3) in a compassionate and professional manner.","path":["Title 64 State Institutions","Chapter 64-13 Department of Corrections - State Prison"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title64/Chapter13/64-13-S49.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"b78852b78b3dca932eae3b73258cce16dee5ca43dc41e8ad186012833bd55608","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-64-13-48","next":"us-ut/utah-code-64-13-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}