R386-703-3. Reportable Injuries

  (3) The Utah Department of Health declares the following injuries to be of concern to the public's health. Each case shall be reported to the Utah Department of Health as described in R386-703-4.

  (a) Acute traumatic brain injury. Reportable acute traumatic brain injuries include head injuries of sufficient severity to cause death or to require admission to a hospital. 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.

  (b) Acute spinal cord injury. Reportable acute spinal cord injuries include traumatic injuries 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 hospital admission.

  (c) Blunt force injury. Reportable injuries include all blunt force injuries which result in death or which are of sufficient severity to require hospital admission.

  (d) Drowning and near drowning. Reportable drownings and near drownings include all water immersion injuries resulting in death and other water immersion injuries of sufficient severity to require hospital admission.

  (e) Asphyxiation. Reportable asphyxiations include injuries which arise from atmospheric oxygen deprivation or from traumatic respiratory obstruction which result in death or which are of sufficient severity to require hospital admission.

  (f) Burns. Reportable burn injuries include injuries resulting from acute thermal exposure or exposure to fire which result in death or which are of sufficient severity to require hospital admission.

  (g) Electrocution. Reportable electrocution injuries include injuries arising from exposure to electricity which result in death or which are of sufficient severity to require hospital admission.

  (h) Blood Lead. All blood lead test results are reportable. Cases of elevated blood lead levels include all persons with blood lead concentrations equal to or greater than 5 micrograms per deciliter. All cases shall be confirmed by either a venous or capillary blood sample, if the first sample was a capillary blood sample.

  (i) Chemical Poisoning. Reportable cases of chemical poisoning include all persons with acute exposure to toxic chemical substances which result in death or which require hospital admission or hospital emergency department evaluation. Unintentional adverse health effects resulting from the use of pharmacological agents as prescribed by physicians do not require reporting under this rule.

  (j) Intentional Injuries. Reportable intentional injuries include all cases of suicide or attempted suicide resulting in hospital admission and all cases of homicide, attempted homicide, or battery resulting in hospitalization.

  (k) Injuries Related to Substance Abuse. Reportable injuries include all cases of injury resulting in death or hospitalization and associated with alcohol or drug intoxication of any person involved in the injury occurrence.

  (l) Traumatic Amputations. Reportable amputations include traumatic amputations of a limb or part of a limb which result in death or which require hospital admission or hospital emergency department treatment. Only amputations resulting in bone loss shall be reported.