Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 26B-2-225 - General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose(1) If a person who is 12 years old or older is admitted to a general acute hospital for poisoning or overdose involving a prescribed controlled substance, the general acute hospital shall, within three business days after the day on which the person is admitted, send a written report to the Division of Professional Licensing, created in Section 58-1-103, that includes: (a) the patient's name and date of birth;(b) each drug or other substance found in the person's system that may have contributed to the poisoning or overdose, if known;(c) the name of each person who the general acute hospital has reason to believe may have prescribed a controlled substance described in Subsection (1)(b) to the person, if known; and(d) the name of the hospital and the date of admission.(2) Nothing in this section may be construed as creating a new cause of action.Renumbered from § 26-21-26 and amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session ,§ 153, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 415, 2022 General Session ,§ 15, eff. 5/4/2022.Amended by Chapter 99, 2016 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/10/2016.Enacted by Chapter 290, 2010 General Session