Utah Admin. Code R386-702-17 - Public Health Emergency
(1) Declaration of
Emergency: With the Governor's and Executive Director's, or in the absence of
the Executive Director, the Executive Director's designee, concurrence, the
Department or a local health department may declare a public health emergency
by issuing an order mandating reporting emergency illnesses or health
conditions specified in Section R386-702-3 for a reasonable time.
(2) For purposes of an order issued under
this section and during the public health emergency, the following definitions
apply.
(a) "Emergency center" means:
(i) a health care facility licensed under
Title 26B, Chapter 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection, that
operates an emergency department; or
(ii) a clinic that provides emergency or
urgent health care to an average of 20 or more persons daily.
(b) "Encounter" means an instance
of an individual presenting at the emergency center who satisfies the criteria
in Subsection R386-702-3(2).
(c)
"Diagnostic information" means an emergency center's records of individuals who
present for emergency or urgent treatment, including the reason for the visit,
chief complaint, results of diagnostic tests, presenting diagnosis, and final
diagnosis, including diagnostic codes.
(3) The Department shall designate the fewest
number of emergency centers as is practicable to obtain the necessary data to
respond to the emergency.
(a) Designated
emergency centers shall report using the process described in Section
R386-702-6.
(b) An emergency center
designated by the Department shall report the encounters to the Department by:
(i) allowing Department representatives or
agents, including local health department representatives, to review its
diagnostic information to identify encounters during the previous
day;
(ii) reviewing its diagnostic
information on encounters during the previous day and reporting all encounters
by 9 a.m. the following day;
(iii)
identifying encounters and submitting that information electronically to the
Department, using a computerized analysis method, and reporting mechanism and
schedule approved by the Department; or
(iv) by other arrangement approved by the
Department.
(4) For purposes of epidemiological and
statistical analysis, the emergency center shall report on encounters during
the public health emergency that do not meet the definition for a reportable
emergency illness or health condition. The report shall be made using the
process described in Section R386-702-6 and shall include the following
information for each such encounter:
(a)
facility name;
(b) date of
visit;
(c) time of visit;
(d) patient's age;
(e) patient's sex; and
(f) patient's zip code for patient's
residence.
(5) If either
the Department or a local health department collects identifying health
information on an individual who is the subject of a report made mandatory
under this section, it shall destroy that identifying information upon the
earlier of its determination that the information is no longer necessary to
carry out an investigation under this section or 180 days after the information
was collected. However, the Department and local health departments shall
retain identifiable information gathered under other sections of this rule or
other legal authority.
(6)
Reporting on encounters during the public health emergency does not relieve a
reporting entity of its responsibility to report under other sections of this
rule or other legal authority.
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