Utah Code 26B-8-401. Definitions

26B-8-401. Definitions.
As used in this part:

(1)	“Disclosure” or “disclose” means the communication of health data to any individual or organization outside the department.

Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Health data: means any information, except vital records as defined in Section 26B-8-101, relating to the health status of individuals, the availability of health resources and services, and the use and cost of these resources and services. See Utah Code 26B-8-401
Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 26B-8-401
Organization: means any corporation, association, partnership, agency, department, unit, or other legally constituted institution or entity, or part of any of these. See Utah Code 26B-8-401
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5

(2)	“Health data” means any information, except vital records as defined in Section 26B-8-101, relating to the health status of individuals, the availability of health resources and services, and the use and cost of these resources and services.

(3)	“Identifiable health data” means any item, collection, or grouping of health data which makes the individual supplying it or described in it identifiable.

(4)	“Individual” means a natural person.

(5)	“Organization” means any corporation, association, partnership, agency, department, unit, or other legally constituted institution or entity, or part of any of these.

(6)

“Research and statistical purposes” means the performance of activities relating to health data, including:

(a)	describing the group characteristics of individuals or organizations;

(b)	analyzing the interrelationships among the various characteristics of individuals or organizations;

(c)	the conduct of statistical procedures or studies to improve the quality of health data;

(d)	the design of sample surveys and the selection of samples of individuals or organizations;

(e)	the preparation and publication of reports describing these matters; and

(f)	other related functions.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session