Utah Code 64-13-37. Department authorized to test offenders for communicable disease
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(1) As used in this section, “communicable disease” means:
Terms Used In Utah Code 64-13-37
- Correctional facility: means any facility operated to house offenders in a secure or nonsecure setting:(4)(a) by the department; or(4)(b) under a contract with the department. See Utah Code 64-13-1
- Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Utah Code 64-13-1
- Offender: means an individual who has been convicted of a crime for which the individual may be committed to the custody of the department and is at least one of the following:
(13)(a) committed to the custody of the department;(13)(b) on probation; or(13)(c) on parole. See Utah Code 64-13-1(1)(a) an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products, which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host either directly, as from an infected person or animal, or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment; and(1)(b) a disease designated by the Department of Health and Human Services by rule as a communicable disease in accordance with Section 26B-7-207.(2) The department may:(2)(a) test an offender for a communicable disease upon admission or within a reasonable time after admission to a correctional facility; and(2)(b) periodically retest the offender for a communicable disease during the time the offender is in the custody of the department.