Utah Code § 26B-8-229

Current through the 2024 Third Special Session
Section 26B-8-229 - Psychological autopsy examiner
(1) With funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide compensation, at a standard rate determined by the department, to a psychological autopsy examiner.
(2) The psychological autopsy examiner shall:
(a) work with the medical examiner to compile data regarding suicide related deaths;
(b) as relatives, associates, and acquaintances of the deceased are willing, gather information regarding the circumstances that preceded the decedent's death;
(c) maintain a database of information described in Subsections (2)(a) and (b);
(d) in accordance with all applicable privacy laws subject to approval by the department, share the database described in Subsection (2)(c) with the University of Utah Department of Psychiatry or other university-based departments conducting research on suicide;
(e) coordinate no less than monthly with the suicide prevention coordinator described in Subsection 26B-5-611(2); and
(f) coordinate no less than quarterly with the state suicide prevention coalition.

Utah Code § 26B-8-229

Amended by Chapter TBD, 2024 General Session ,§ 65, eff. 5/1/2024.
Renumbered from § 26-4-28.5 and amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session ,§ 238, eff. 5/3/2023.
Added by Chapter 346, 2017 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/9/2017.