26B-2-225. General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.
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Effective 5/3/2023
26B-2-225. General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.
(1)If a person who is 12 years old or older is admitted to a general acute hospital for poisoning or overdose involving a prescribed controlled substance, the general acute hospital shall, within three business days after the day on which the person is admitted, send a written report to the Division of Professional Licensing, created in Section 58-1-103 , that includes:
(a)the patient's name and date of birth;
(b)each drug or other substance found in the person's system that may have contributed to the poisoning or overdose, if known;
(c)the name of each person who the general acute hospital has reason to believe may have prescribed a controlled substance described in Subsection (1)(b) to the person, if known; and
(d)the name of the hospital and the date of admission.
(2)Nothing in this section may be construed as creating a new cause of action.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305 , 2023 General Session