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Title 80 - Utah Juvenile Code
Chapter 2 - Child Welfare Services
Part 6 - Child Abuse and Neglect Reports
Section 604 - Death of a child reporting requirements.
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UT Code § 80-2-604 (2025)
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Effective 11/6/2025
80-2-604. Death of a child reporting requirements.
Amended by Chapter 17, 2025 Special Session 1
80-2-604. Death of a child reporting requirements.
- (1)A person who has reason to believe that a child has died as a result of abuse or neglect shall report that fact to:
- (a)the local law enforcement agency; and
- (b)the appropriate medical examiner in accordance with Title 26B, Chapter 8, Part 2, Utah Medical Examiner.
- (2)After receiving a report described in Subsection (1):
- (a)the local law enforcement agency shall report to the county attorney or district attorney as provided under Section 17-68-302 or 17-68-303; and
- (b)the medical examiner shall investigate and report the medical examiner's findings to:
- (i)the police;
- (ii)the appropriate county attorney or district attorney;
- (iii)the attorney general's office;
- (iv)the division; and
- (v)if the institution making the report is a hospital, to the hospital.
Amended by Chapter 17, 2025 Special Session 1
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