Utah Admin. Code R386-703-2 - Definitions
(1) "Acute Traumatic Brain Injury" means a
head injury of sufficient severity to cause death or to require admission to a
health care facility. Acute traumatic brain injuries may be associated with
transient or persistent neurological dysfunction and may be diagnosed as brain
concussions, brain contusions, or traumatic intracranial hemorrhages.
(2) "Acute Spinal Cord Injury"
means a traumatic injury to the contents of the spinal canal, spinal cord or
cauda equina, which result in death or which result in transient or persistent
neurological dysfunction of sufficient severity to require health care facility
admission.
(3) "Agency" means the
health care facility or laboratory at which a reportable injury is treated or
evaluated.
(4) "Asphyxiation" means
an injury which arises from atmospheric oxygen deprivation or from traumatic
respiratory obstruction which results in death or is of sufficient severity to
require admission to a health care facility.
(5) "Authorized Health Personnel" means a
person representing the Department or a local health department who is
authorized to inspect medical records for injury investigations.
(6) "Blunt Force Injury" means a blunt force
injury which results in death or is of sufficient severity to require admission
to a health care facility.
(7)
"Bureau of Emergency Medical Services" means the Bureau of Emergency Medical
Services in the Division of Family Health and Preparedness in the Utah
Department of Health.
(8) "Bureau
of Epidemiology" means the Bureau of Epidemiology in the Division of Disease
Control and Prevention in the Utah Department of Health.
(9) "Burns" means an injury resulting from
acute thermal exposure or exposure to fire which results in death or is of
sufficient severity to require admission to a health care facility.
(10) "Chemical Poisoning" means any case
where a person has an acute exposure to toxic chemical substances which result
in death or require admission to a health care facility or emergency department
evaluation.
(11) "Department" means
the Utah Department of Health.
(12)
"Drowning" and "Near Drowning" means a water immersion injury resulting in
death and any water immersion injury of sufficient severity to require
admission to a health care facility.
(13) "Electrocution" means an injury arising
from exposure to electricity which results in death or is of sufficient
severity to require admission to a health care facility.
(14) "Elevated Blood Lead" means any case
where a person has a blood lead concentration equal to or greater than 5
micrograms per deciliter.
(15)
"Health Care Facility" means the same as in Title 26, Chapter 21, Health Care
Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
(16) "Individual" means the medical examiner,
head start coordinator, or licensed medical personnel of a private office who
treated or evaluated a reportable injury.
(17) "Injury" means bodily damage resulting
from exposure to physical agents including mechanical energy, thermal energy,
ionizing radiation, or chemicals, or resulting from the deprivation of basic
environmental requirements including oxygen or heat.
(18) "Injury Related to Substance Abuse"
means any case of injury resulting in death or hospitalization and associated
with alcohol or drug intoxication of any person involved in the injury
occurrence.
(19) "Intentional
Injuries" means any case of suicide or attempted suicide resulting in admission
to a health care facility or any case of homicide, attempted homicide, or
battery resulting in hospitalization.
(20) "Laboratory" is defined as any clinical
laboratory, physician office, health care facility, health clinic, reference
laboratory or any facility that performs blood lead analysis.
(21) "Local health department" has the same
meaning as defined in Section
26A-1-102.
(22) "Local health officer" means the
executive director of the jurisdictional local health department or a
designated representative.
(23)
"Mechanical Energy Injuries" means acceleration and deceleration injuries,
blunt trauma, and penetrating wound injuries.
(24) "Office of Vital Records and Statistics"
means the Office of Vital Records and Statistics in the Center for Health Data
and Informatics in the Utah Department of Health.
(25) "Traumatic Amputations" means a
traumatic amputation of a limb or part of a limb which results in death or
which require admission to a health care facility or emergency department
treatment.
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