{{Cleanup rewrite|date=May 2020}} [[File:Utah Department of Health logo.png|thumb|right]] The '''Utah Department of Health''' is the [[Government of Utah]]'s body responsible for [[public health]].

It is headquartered in the Cannon Health Building in [[Salt Lake City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://health.utah.gov/contact|title=Contact|publisher=Utah Department of Health|access-date=2020-03-18|quote=Main Building [...] Cannon Health Building 288 North 1460 West Salt Lake City, UT 84116}}</ref>

==Services== In July 2014 the Utah Department of Health issued its first permits for [[hash oil]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58161184-78/oil-cannabis-epilepsy-maughan.html.csp |title=Utah issues first permits for cannabis oil |first=Danielle |last=Manley |work=sltrib.com |date=8 July 2014 |access-date=9 July 2014}}</ref>

In 2012 a major [[data breach]] allowed [[hacker]]s to access the health data of 700,000 people in the Department of Health records.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865553723/Breach-of-state-health-data-impact-expands-to-more-than-700000-people.html?pg=all |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131026055425/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865553723/Breach-of-state-health-data-impact-expands-to-more-than-700000-people.html?pg=all |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 26, 2013 |title=Security breach of state health data expands, affecting more than 700,000 people |first=Marjorie |last=Cortez |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=April 9, 2012 |access-date=9 July 2014}}</ref>

Utah Department of Health enables consumer access to personal and family immunization records on-file with Utah State Immunization Information System (USIIS) through the Docket app.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://immunize.utah.gov/usiis/usiis-parents-individuals/ |title=USIIS - Parents & Individuals - Immunize Utah |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>

The Utah Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for licensing congregate care facilities, including [[Therapeutic boarding school|therapeutic boarding schools]] and [[Residential treatment center|residential treatment centers]].

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==External links== *{{Official website|http://health.utah.gov/}}

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[[Category:State departments of health of the United States]] [[Category:Medical and health organizations based in Utah]] [[Category:State agencies of Utah]] [[Category:Government of Utah]] [[Category:Organizations based in Utah]] {{Health departments in the United States}}