Utah Code § 26B-1-228

Religious exemptions from code -- Regulation of state-licensed healing system
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practice unaffected by code.
(1)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), nothing in this code shall be construed to compel
any person to submit to any medical or dental examination or treatment under the authority
of this code when such person, or the parent or guardian of any such person objects to such
examination or treatment on religious grounds, or to permit any discrimination against such
person on account of such objection.
(b) An exemption from medical or dental examination, described in Subsection (1)(a), may not be
granted if the executive director has reasonable cause to suspect a substantial menace to the
health of other persons exposed to contact with the unexamined person.
(2) Nothing in this code shall be construed as authorizing the supervision, regulation, or control
of the remedial care or treatment of residents in any home or institution conducted for those
who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means in accordance with the creed or tenets of
any well recognized church or religious denomination, provided the statutes and regulations on
sanitation are complied with.
(3) Nothing in this code shall be construed or used to amend any statute now in force pertaining to
the scope of practice of any state-licensed healing system.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session

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