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26-49-202. Volunteer health practitioner registration systems.
(1) To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, the registrationsystem must:
(a) accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before orduring an emergency;
(b) include information about the licensure and good standing of health practitioners thatis accessible by authorized persons;
(c) be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a healthpractitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services or veterinary services areprovided under this chapter; and
(d) meet one of the following conditions:
(i) be an emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health practitionersestablished by a state and funded through the United States Department of Health and HumanServices under Section 319I of the Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 247d-7b, asamended;
(ii) be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped emergency response, public health,and medical personnel formed under Section 2801 of the Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C.Sec. 300hh as amended;
(iii) be operated by a:
(A) disaster relief organization;
(B) licensing board;
(C) national or regional association of licensing boards or health practitioners;
(D) health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient healthcareservices, including tertiary care; or
(E) governmental entity; or
(iv) be designated by the Department of Health as a registration system for purposes ofthis chapter.
(2) (a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), while an emergency declaration is in effect, theDepartment of Health, a person authorized to act on behalf of the Department of Health, or a hostentity shall confirm whether a volunteer health practitioner in Utah is registered with aregistration system that complies with Subsection (1).
(b) The confirmation authorized under this Subsection (2) is limited to obtaining theidentity of the practitioner from the system and determining whether the system indicates that thepractitioner is licensed and in good standing.
(3) Upon request of a person authorized under Subsection (2), or a similarly authorizedperson in another state, a registration system located in Utah shall notify the person of theidentity of a volunteer health practitioner and whether or not the volunteer health practitioner islicensed and in good standing.
(4) A host entity is not required to use the services of a volunteer health practitioner evenif the volunteer health practitioner is registered with a registration system that indicates that thepractitioner is licensed and in good standing.

Enacted by Chapter 242, 2008 General Session