Utah Code § 26B-8-232

to the dispatch desk or other staff person designated by the law enforcement
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agency to receive reports from the public.
(2)
(a) Any health care provider who treats or cares for any person who suffers from any wound or
other injury inflicted by the person's own act or by the act of another by means of a knife, gun,
pistol, explosive, infernal device, or deadly weapon, or by violation of any criminal statute of
this state, shall immediately report to a law enforcement agency the facts regarding the injury.

(b) The report shall state the name and address of the injured person, if known, the person's
whereabouts, the character and extent of the person's injuries, and the name, address, and
telephone number of the person making the report.
(3) A health care provider may not be discharged, suspended, disciplined, or harassed for making
a report pursuant to this section.
(4) A person may not incur any civil or criminal liability as a result of making any report required by
this section.
(5) A health care provider who has personal knowledge that the report of a wound or injury has
been made in compliance with this section is under no further obligation to make a report
regarding that wound or injury under this section.
(6) Any health care provider who intentionally or knowingly violates any provision of this section is
guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session

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