Utah Chapter 04 — Utah Medical Examiner Act

• 26-4-1 — Short Title.
• 26-4-2 — Definitions.
• 26-4-4 — Chief Medical Examiner -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Authority.
• 26-4-5 — County Medical Examiners.
• 26-4-6 — Investigation Of Deaths -- Requests For Autopsies.
• 26-4-7 — Custody By Medical Examiner.
• 26-4-8 — Discovery Of Dead Body -- Notice Requirements -- Procedure.
• 26-4-9 — Custody Of Dead Body And Personal Effects -- Examination Of Scene Of Death -- Preservation Of Body -- Autopsies.
• 26-4-10 — Certification Of Cause Of Death.
• 26-4-11 — Records And Reports Of Investigations.
• 26-4-12 — Order To Exhume Body -- Procedure.
• 26-4-13 — Autopsies -- When Authorized.
• 26-4-14 — Certification Of Death By Attending Physician -- Deaths Without Medical Attendance -- Cause Of Death Uncertain -- Notice Requirements.
• 26-4-15 — Deaths In Medical Centers And Federal Facilities.
• 26-4-16 — Release Of Body For Funeral Preparations.
• 26-4-17 — Records Of Medical Examiner -- Copies Furnished To Next-of-kin, Law Enforcement Officers, And Attending Physician -- Confidentiality.
• 26-4-18 — Records Of Medical Examiner -- Admissibility As Evidence -- Subpoena Of Person Who Prepared Record.
• 26-4-19 — Personal Property Of Deceased -- Disposition.
• 26-4-20 — Officials Not Liable For Authorized Acts.
• 26-4-21 — Authority Of County Attorney Or District Attorney To Subpoena Witnesses And Compel Testimony -- Determination If Decedent Died By Unlawful Means.
• 26-4-22 — Additional Powers And Duties Of Department.
• 26-4-23 — Authority Of Examiner To Provide Organ Or Other Tissue For Transplant Purposes.
• 26-4-24 — Autopsies -- Persons Eligible To Authorize.
• 26-4-25 — Burial Of Unclaimed Body -- Request By College Of Medicine.
• 26-4-26 — Social Security Number In Certification Of Death.
• 26-4-27 — Registry Of Unidentified Deceased Persons.
• 26-4-28 — Testing For Suspected Suicides -- Maintaining Information -- Report To The Health And Human Services Interim Committee -- Compensation To Deputy Medical Examiners.
• 26-4-29 — Application For Permit To Render A Dead Body Unavailable For Postmortem Examination -- Fees.