Utah Code 26B-8-126. Records required to be kept by health care institutions — Information filed with local registrar and department
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Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-8-126
- Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Dead body: means a human body or parts of a human body from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death occurred. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Dead fetus: means a product of human conception, other than those circumstances described in Subsection 76-7-301(1):(7)(a) of 20 weeks' gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual period began to the date of delivery; and(7)(b) that was not born alive. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Dispositioner: means :
(9)(a) a person designated in a written instrument, under Subsection 58-9-602(1), as having the right and duty to control the disposition of the decedent, if the person voluntarily acts as the dispositioner; or(9)(b) the next of kin of the decedent, if:(9)(b)(i)(9)(b)(i)(A) a person has not been designated as described in Subsection (9)(a); or(9)(b)(i)(B) the person described in Subsection (9)(a) is unable or unwilling to exercise the right and duty described in Subsection (9)(a); and(9)(b)(ii) the next of kin voluntarily acts as the dispositioner. See Utah Code 26B-8-101- Funeral service director: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-9-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Local registrar: means a person appointed under Subsection 26B-8-102(3)(b). See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Person: means :
(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- State registrar: means the state registrar of vital records appointed under Section 26B-8-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
(1)(a) All administrators or other persons in charge of hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions, public or private, to which persons resort for treatment of diseases, confinements, or are committed by law, shall record all the personal and statistical information about patients of their institutions as required in certificates prescribed by this part.(1)(b) The information described in Subsection (1)(a) shall:(1)(b)(i) be recorded for collection at the time of admission of a patient;(1)(b)(ii) be obtained from the patient, if possible; and(1)(b)(iii) if the information cannot be obtained from the patient, the information shall be secured in as complete a manner as possible from other persons acquainted with the facts.(2)(2)(a) When a dead body or dead fetus is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing:(2)(a)(i) the name of the deceased;(2)(a)(ii) the date of death of the deceased;(2)(a)(iii) the name and address of the person to whom the dead body or dead fetus is released; and(2)(a)(iv) the date that the dead body or dead fetus is removed from the institution.(2)(b) If final disposal is by the institution, the date, place, manner of disposition, and the name of the person authorizing disposition shall be recorded by the person in charge of the institution.(3) Not later than the tenth day of each month, the administrator of each institution shall cause to be sent to the local registrar and the department a list of all births, deaths, fetal deaths, and induced abortions occurring in the institution during the preceding month. The list shall be in the form prescribed by the state registrar.(4) A person or institution who, in good faith, releases a dead body or dead fetus, under this section, to a funeral service director or a dispositioner is immune from civil liability connected, directly or indirectly, with release of the dead body or dead fetus. - Dispositioner: means :