AGENCY: Davis County (Utah). Health Department. Environmental Health and Laboratory Division

SERIES: 10752
TITLE: Environmental/occupational investigation case files
DATES: 1992-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date of report, thereunder alphabetical by last name of patient.

DESCRIPTION: These are records of epidemiological investigations of environmental and occupational public health hazards. These investigations help prevent hazards, and assist in short and long-term health studies. As stated in the Utah Code of Communicable Disease Rules, the Department of Health collects this information in order to promote and protect the public health and to prevent and control disease. Includes epidemiological investigations of individuals and/or groups exposed to environmental health hazards, health risk analyses of human exposures to chemical contaminants, cancer cluster investigations, and adverse reproductive outcomes. Medical records may contain patient name, address, sex, race, age, type of exposure, company where possible exposure occurred. The State Bureau of Epidemiology maintains the record copy of these records permanently.

RETENTION

Retain for 7 year(s) after case is closed

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Investigation records, GRS-1733

AUTHORIZED: 02/05/2019

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office until scanned and then destroy.

Computer data files: Retain in Office for 7 years after completion of investigation and then delete.

APPRAISAL

Administrative

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Private. medical/patient data