R386-703-4. Report Requirements

  (1) Reporting blood lead testing results.

  (a) Non-Case Report Contents. Unless otherwise specified, each blood lead result shall provide at minimum the following: name, date of birth or age if date of birth is unknown, sex, zip code, and the individual or agency submitting the report.

  (b) Case Report Contents. Unless otherwise specified, each injury report shall provide the following information pertaining to the injured person: name, date of birth or age if date of birth is unknown, sex, address of residence, date of injury, type of injury, external cause of injury, locale of injury, intentionality, relation of injury to occupation, disposition of the injured person, and the individual or agency submitting the report. A standard report format has been adopted and shall be supplied to reporting sources by the Department of Health upon request.

  (2) Agencies or Individuals Required to Report Injuries. A reportable injury evaluated or treated at a hospital shall be reported by that hospital. Reportable injuries not evaluated at a hospital shall be reported by the involved physician, nurse, other health care practitioner, medical examiner, head start health coordinator or laboratory administrator.

  (3) Time Requirements. Persons required to report shall submit their reports to the local health department or the Utah Department of Health within 60 days of the time of diagnosis or recognition of injury. In the event of an unusual or excessive occurrence of injuries which may arise from a continuing or immediate threat to the public's health, persons required to report shall immediately report by telephone to the local health officer or to the Utah Department of Health.

  (4) Case Report Destinations. Each case of injury shall be reported to the Utah Department of Health or to the local health department responsible for the geographic area where the injury occurred.

  (a) The local health officer shall forward all original reports to the Utah Department of Health. Local health departments may maintain copies of these reports.

  (b) Except as noted in R386-703-4(4)(c), (d) and (e), case reports shall be sent to the Bureau of Epidemiology of the Utah Department of Health.

  (c) In fatal cases, submission of completed death certificates to the Bureau of Vital Records fulfills reporting requirements.

  (d) In cases evaluated in hospital emergency departments, submission of properly completed hospital emergency department logs to the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services will fulfill reporting requirements, provided that the records are submitted through an electronic medium in a computer database format acceptable to the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.

  (e) In cases where reportable injuries listed in R386-703-3 are reported under the requirements of the Utah Health Data Authority Act, 26-33a, the data supplier may notify the Utah Department of Health in writing that information relating to individuals with a reportable injury will be supplied to the Bureau of Epidemiology before the identifying information is removed from the data file. Any data provided in this manner fulfills reporting requirements. If permission is not granted by the data supplier, duplicate reporting is required.