Utah Code Ann. tit. 78B, ch. 3, pt. 4 – Utah Health Care Malpractice Act | Midpage

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Utah Code Ann. tit. 78B, ch. 3, pt. 4

Utah Health Care Malpractice Act

78B-3-401Title.78B-3-402Legislative findings and declarations -- Purpose of act.78B-3-403Definitions.78B-3-404Statute of limitations -- Exceptions -- Application.78B-3-405Amount of award reduced by amounts of collateral sources available to plaintiff -- No reduction where subrogation right exists -- Collateral sources defined -- Procedure to preserve subrogation rights -- Evidence admissible -- Exceptions.78B-3-405.5Economic damages -- Judgments against personal assets.78B-3-406Failure to obtain informed consent -- Proof required of patient -- Defenses -- Consent to health care.78B-3-407Limitation on actions against health care providers when parent or guardian refuses to consent to health care of child.78B-3-407.5Requirements for written agreement or consent for egg retrieval.78B-3-408Writing required as basis for liability for breach of guarantee, warranty, contract, or assurance of result.78B-3-409Ad damnum clause prohibited in complaint.78B-3-410Limitation of award of noneconomic damages and economic damages in malpractice actions.78B-3-411Limitation on attorney's contingency fee in malpractice action.78B-3-412Notice of intent to commence action.78B-3-413Professional liability insurance coverage for providers -- Insurance commissioner may require joint underwriting authority.78B-3-414Periodic payment of future damages in malpractice actions.78B-3-415Actions under Utah Governmental Immunity Act.78B-3-416Division to provide review panel -- Exemption -- Procedures -- Statute of limitations tolled -- Composition of panel -- Expenses -- Division authorized to set license fees.78B-3-417Proceedings -- Authority of panel -- Rights of parties to proceedings.78B-3-418Opinion and recommendations of panel.78B-3-418.5Attorney fees.78B-3-419Evidence of proceedings not admissible in subsequent action -- Panelist may not be compelled to testify -- Immunity of panelist from civil liability -- Information regarding professional conduct.78B-3-420Proceedings considered a binding arbitration hearing upon written agreement of parties -- Compensation to members of panel.78B-3-421Arbitration agreements.78B-3-422Evidence of disclosures -- Civil proceedings -- Unanticipated outcomes -- Medical care.78B-3-423Affidavit of merit.78B-3-423.1Division collection of panel review data.78B-3-424Limitation of liability for ostensible agent.78B-3-425Prohibition on cause of action for negligent credentialing.78B-3-426Nonpatient plaintiffs.78B-3-427Transgender procedures upon a minor -- Right of action -- Informed consent requirements -- Statute of limitations.78B-3-428Breach of duty for deviating from established practices.