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2020 Utah Code
Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 4 - Utah Medical Examiner Act
Section 30 - Overdose fatality examiner.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 26-4-30 (2020)
Effective 5/12/2020
26-4-30. Overdose fatality examiner.
Enacted by Chapter 201, 2020 General Session
26-4-30. Overdose fatality examiner.
- (1) Within funds appropriated by the Legislature, the department shall provide compensation, at a standard rate determined by the department, to an overdose fatality examiner.
- (2) The overdose fatality examiner shall:
- (a) work with the medical examiner to compile data regarding overdose and opioid related deaths, including:
- (i) toxicology information;
- (ii) demographics; and
- (iii) the source of opioids or drugs;
- (b) as relatives of the deceased are willing, gather information from relatives of the deceased regarding the circumstances of the decedent's death;
- (c) maintain a database of information described in Subsections (2)(a) and (b);
- (d) coordinate no less than monthly with the suicide prevention coordinator described in Section 62A-15-1101; and
- (e) coordinate no less than quarterly with the Opioid and Overdose Fatality Review Committee created in Section 26-7-13.
- (a) work with the medical examiner to compile data regarding overdose and opioid related deaths, including:
Enacted by Chapter 201, 2020 General Session
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