Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 26B-8-231 - 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;(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); and(d) coordinate no less than monthly with the suicide prevention coordinator described in Section 26B-5-611 . Amended by Chapter 506, 2024 General Session ,§ 13, eff. 10/1/2024.Renumbered from § 26-4-30 and amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session ,§ 240, eff. 5/3/2023.Added by Chapter 201, 2020 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/12/2020.