(1) A health care provider, as defined in Section 78B-3-403, who provides health care to a detainee before the detainee is booked into a county jail by a competent authority, is authorized to disclose to the competent authority whether a detainee is medically cleared for incarceration.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 17-22-8.1

  • Writing: includes :
         (48)(a) printing;
         (48)(b) handwriting; and
         (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) The disclosure under Subsection (1) shall be in writing if requested by the competent authority.