So Utah law requires you to report dog bites that break the skin. How/where do you report them in Utah County? I

Jun 14, 2019
1:03:07pm

BlueBlood94 All-American

found a link for Salt Lake County, but am not finding much info in Utah County about reporting dog bites. It was the Salt Lake county website that said it is required by state law to report any bites that break the skin.

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So Utah law requires you to report dog bites that break the skin. How/where do you report them in Utah County? I

BlueBlood94 All-American

6/14/19 1:03pm

I'd call your local police (where the incident occurred) non-emergency number.

Pete

6/14/19 1:07pm

I mean are you hurt or worried about disease? Was the dog without a collar?

DraperCoug22

6/14/19 1:08pm

Our neighbors dog, and we had to go to the ER. Here's a photo of the bite after it was cleaned up and stitched:

BlueBlood94

6/14/19 1:12pm

Yeah that needs to be reported.

Jeff Spicoli

6/14/19 1:14pm

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rivercitycoug

6/14/19 1:17pm

This is how it works in Texas. But nobody waits for it to bite that many people.

AlphaCoug

6/14/19 4:41pm

Yeah man, that needs to be reported. Not okay.

DraperCoug22

6/14/19 1:18pm

Call the local police. It never would have happened if one of the other six

The Machine

6/14/19 1:20pm

That sucks. Send them the emergency room bill too.

Baron

6/14/19 1:21pm

Under Utah law, we can. It was $1300.

BlueBlood94

6/14/19 1:41pm

6? Wow. Surprised they haven’t put him down yet

Idahofallsblue

6/14/19 1:24pm

Shoot, what kind of dog is it?

Dynasty1

6/14/19 1:24pm

.22

BYUALWAYSNUM1

6/14/19 1:28pm

That's an odd type of dog.

Northwest Cougar

6/14/19 1:32pm

I have heard of a .22 Marlin and a .22 Wildcat, but was unaware of the .22 K9

Probable Sacko

6/14/19 3:23pm

Actually, the hospital will typically call the Sheriff's dept or police

MacroCougar

6/14/19 1:59pm

We were at Primary Children's, but it happened in Utah County. We were told there they don't do anything, it's up to us

BlueBlood94

6/14/19 3:05pm

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dizthewiz

6/14/19 3:49pm

Love the pointless inactive comment. Why does that matter

dizthewiz

6/14/19 3:50pm

There's a whole lot of incorrect assumption and derision behind that comment. But we actually care about our neighbors,

BlueBlood94

6/14/19 4:57pm

It’s not a pointless comment. OP is laying out ways this family already feels at arms length from the neighborhood. Not

Probable Sacko

6/14/19 6:08pm

That looks terrible. Definitely report it. It probably matters on whose property

demon_llama

6/14/19 4:08pm

It was on their property. The kids were over there playing.

BlueBlood94

6/14/19 4:57pm

Yeah, def report it. I could see if your kids had sneaked into the backyard or

demon_llama

6/14/19 5:12pm

Oh yeah you HAVE to report that. At this point they have a

ByuImaginesDragons

6/14/19 9:45pm

As someone who has handled insurance claims like these...please report it.

jwf

6/14/19 1:33pm

BM Zach Morris

TADOW

6/14/19 2:08pm

You might be overreacting. Clearly it is a gentle animal that wouldn’t hurt a hair on anyone’s head.

Probable Sacko

6/14/19 2:51pm

Just call the city police where the dog bite happened. I think that’s what

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