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

SERIES: 12105
TITLE: Foodborne outbreak report records
DATES: 1989-
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by facility name, thereunder chronological

DESCRIPTION: Report forms to collect data on suspected foodborne disease outbreaks used during investigations to record the initial complaint and subsequent interviews and by local health departments to determine if sufficient complaints warrant denial of permit. Includes: place, number of persons eating city, county, and state of suspected meal; name, telephone, age, sex, any illness,and number of persons interviewed; date and hour ate and onset of illness; symptoms and severity such as nausea, vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, fever, duration of symptoms, doctor if consulted, and hospitalization; specimen taken, date, and results; identification of foods eaten; totals of persons ill and not; narrative statement; case disposition; and investigator's signature.

RETENTION

Retain for 4 year(s) after final action

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Food service establishment inspection reports, GRS-561

AUTHORIZED: 07/11/2020

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Computer data files: Retain in Office for 4 years or until facility closes and then delete.

Paper: Retain in Office until scanned into database and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Legal

This disposition is based on the statute of limitation provisions expressed in UCA 78-14-4 (1992). "No malpractice action against a health care provider may be brought unless it is commenced within two years after the plaintiff or patient discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered the injury, whichever first occurs, but not to exceed four years after the date of the alleged act _._._."

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Private. medical and complainant's personal information

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