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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill amends provisions related to the safe relinquishment of a newborn child.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ modifies the definition of a newborn child.
13 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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15 Other Special Clauses:
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17 Utah Code Sections Affected:
18 AMENDS:
19 80-4-501, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 330
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21 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
22 Section 1. Section 80-4-501 is amended to read:
23 80-4-501. Definitions.
24 As used in this part:
25 (1) "Hospital" means a general acute hospital, as that term is defined in Section
26 26B-2-201, that is:
27 (a) equipped with an emergency room;
28 (b) open 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and
29 (c) employs full-time health care professionals who have emergency medical services
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31 (2) "Newborn child" means a child who is approximately [
32 as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty.
33 Section 2. Effective date.
34 This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.