Utah Code 26B-7-207. Designation of communicable diseases by department — Establishment of rules for detection, reporting, investigation, prevention, and control
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Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-7-207
- Epidemic: means the occurrence or outbreak in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of normal expectancy and derived from a common or propagated source. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
The department may designate those diseases which are communicable, of concern to the public health, and reportable; and establish rules for the detection, reporting, investigation, prevention, and control of communicable diseases, epidemic infections, and other health hazards that affect the public health.