26B-7-220. Exclusions from confidentiality requirements.
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The provisions of Sections 26B-7-201 through 26B-7-223 do not apply to:
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-7-220- Communicable disease: means illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly, as from an infected individual or animal, or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
- Infectious disease: means a disease of man or animals resulting from an infection. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
- Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
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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; |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
