Section 26B-7-316 - Mandatory reporting requirements - Contents of reports - Penalties(1)(a) A health care provider shall report to the department any case of any person who the provider knows has a confirmed case of, or who the provider believes in his professional judgment is sufficiently likely to harbor any illness or health condition that may be caused by:(ii) epidemic or pandemic disease; or(iii) novel and highly fatal infectious agents or biological toxins which might pose a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidences of permanent or long-term disability.(b) A health care provider shall immediately submit the report required by Subsection (1)(a) within 24 hours of concluding that a report is required under Subsection (1)(a).(2)(a) A report required by this section shall be submitted electronically, verbally, or in writing to the department or appropriate local health department.(b) A report submitted pursuant to Subsection (1) shall include, if known:(i) diagnostic information on the specific illness or health condition that is the subject of the report, and, if transmitted electronically, diagnostic codes assigned to the visit;(ii) the patient's name, date of birth, sex, race, occupation, and current home and work address and phone number;(iii) the name, address, and phone number of the health care provider; and(iv) the name, address, and phone number of the reporting individual.(3) The department may impose a sanction against a health care provider for failure to make a report required by this section only if the department can show by clear and convincing evidence that a health care provider willfully failed to file a report.Renumbered from § 26-23b-103 and amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session ,§ 285, eff. 5/3/2023.Enacted by Chapter 155, 2002 General Session.