{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-3-426","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 78B-3-426","heading":"Nonpatient plaintiffs.","body":"(1) For purposes of this section, a nonpatient plaintiff does not include a patient, as defined in Section 78B-3-403.\n(2) This section does not apply to a health care malpractice action brought or seeking recovery under Section 78B-3-106, 78B-3-107, 78B-3-502, or 81-3-111.\n(3) To establish a malpractice action against a health care provider, a nonpatient plaintiff shall be required to show that:\n(a) the health care provider owes a duty to the nonpatient plaintiff;\n(b) the nonpatient plaintiff suffered a foreseeable injury;\n(c) the nonpatient plaintiff's injury was proximately caused by an act or omission of the health care provider; and\n(d) the health care provider's act or omission was conduct that manifests a knowing and reckless indifference toward, and a disregard of, the injury suffered by the nonpatient plaintiff.","path":["Title 78B Judicial Code","Chapter 78B-3 Civil Actions","Part 78B-3-4 Utah Health Care Malpractice Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter3/78B-3-S426.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"d3ced8b3eb760fc83651b0ec9a22ac41188458586ad851705edf87f9f57e0a18","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-3-425","next":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-3-427"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}