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2020 Utah Code
Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 4 - Utah Medical Examiner Act
Section 11 - Records and reports of investigations.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 26-4-11 (2020)
Effective 3/22/2018
26-4-11. Records and reports of investigations.
Amended by Chapter 414, 2018 General Session
26-4-11. Records and reports of investigations.
- (1) A complete copy of all written records and reports of investigations and facts resulting from medical care treatment, autopsies conducted by any person on the body of the deceased who died in any manner listed in Section 26-4-7 and the written reports of any investigative agency making inquiry into the incident shall be promptly made and filed with the medical examiner.
- (2) The judiciary or a state or local government entity that retains a record, other than a document described in Subsection (1), of the decedent shall provide a copy of the record to the medical examiner:
- (a) in accordance with federal law; and
- (b) upon receipt of the medical examiner's written request for the record.
- (3) Failure to submit reports or records described in Subsection (1) or (2), other than reports of a county attorney, district attorney, or law enforcement agency, within 10 days after the day on which the person in possession of the report or record receives the medical examiner's written request for the report or record is a class B misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 414, 2018 General Session
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