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2024 Utah Code
Title 78B - Judicial Code
Chapter 3 - Actions and Venue
Part 4a - Utah Medical Candor Act
Section 451 - Medical candor process.
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UT Code § 78B-3-451 (2024)
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Effective 5/4/2022
78B-3-451. Medical candor process.
In accordance with this part, a health care provider may engage an affected party in a process where the health care provider and any other health care provider notified in Subsection 78B-3-452(1)(b) that chooses to participate in the process that:
Enacted by Chapter 366, 2022 General Session
78B-3-451. Medical candor process.
In accordance with this part, a health care provider may engage an affected party in a process where the health care provider and any other health care provider notified in Subsection 78B-3-452(1)(b) that chooses to participate in the process that:
- (1) conducts an investigation into an adverse event involving a patient and the health care provided to the patient;
- (2) communicates information to the affected party regarding information gathered during an investigation described in Subsection (1);
- (3) communicates to the affected party the steps that the health care provider will take to prevent future occurrences of the adverse event; and
- (4) determines whether to make an offer of compensation to the affected party for the adverse event.
Enacted by Chapter 366, 2022 General Session
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