Utah Code Title 26B. Utah Health and Human Services Codes § 26B-4-705. Utah Health Workforce Information Center

(a) “Council” means the Utah Health Workforce Advisory Council created in Section 26B-1-425.

(b) “Health sector” means any place of employment where the primary function is the delivery of health care services.

(a) under the guidance of the council, work with the Department of Commerce to collect data described in Section 58-1-112;

(b) analyze data from any available source regarding Utah's health workforce including data collected by the Department of Commerce under Section 58-1-112;

(c) send a report to the council regarding any analysis of health workforce data;

(d) conduct research on Utah's health workforce as directed by the council;

(e) notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 35A-4-312(3), receive information obtained by the Department of Workforce Services under the provisions of Section 35A-4-312 for purposes consistent with the information center's duties, including identifying changes in Utah's health workforce numbers, types, and geographic distribution;

(f) project the demand for individuals to enter health care professions, including the nursing profession in accordance with Section 53B-26-202;

(g) subject to Section 26B-8-406, share data with any appropriate person as determined by the information center; and

(h) conduct research and provide analysis for any state agency as approved by the executive director or the executive director's designee.

(a) the council and the information center deem receiving the data necessary to perform a duty listed under Subsection (3) or 26B-1-425(7); and

(b) the information center's access to the data will not: