Title 26 Utah Health Code Chapter 6 Utah Communicable Disease Control Act Section 28 Protection from examination in legal proceedings -- Exceptions.
26-6-28.Protection from examination in legal proceedings -- Exceptions.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), an officer or employee of the department or of
a local health department may not be examined in a legal proceeding of any kind or character as
to the existence or content of information retained pursuant to this chapter or obtained as a result
of an investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter, without the written consent of the
individual who is identified in the information or, if that individual is deceased, the consent of
his next-of-kin.
(2) This section does not restrict testimony and evidence provided by an employee or
officer of the department or a local health department about:
(a) persons who are under restrictive actions taken by the department in accordance with
Subsection 26-6-27(2)(e); or
(b) individuals or groups of individuals subject to examination, treatment, isolation, and
quarantine actions under Chapter 6b, Communicable Diseases - Treatment, Isolation, and
Quarantine Procedures.
Amended by Chapter 38, 2007 General Session
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