26B-7-316. Mandatory reporting requirements -- Contents of reports -- Penalties.
(1) 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: bioterrorism; epidemic or pandemic disease; or 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. A health care provider shall immediately submit the report required by Subsectionwithin 24 hours of concluding that a report is required under Subsection. (1)(a) (1)(a)
(2) A report required by this section shall be submitted electronically, verbally, or in writing to the department or appropriate local health department. A report submitted pursuant to Subsectionshall include, if known: (1) 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; the patient's name, date of birth, sex, race, occupation, and current home and work address and phone number; the name, address, and phone number of the health care provider; and 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.