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Utah Code § 26B-8-210

Medical examiner to report death caused by prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose

Amended by Chapter 240, 2024 General Session

(1) If a medical examiner determines that the death of a person who is 12 years old or older at the time of death resulted from poisoning or overdose involving a controlled substance prescribed to the decedent, the medical examiner shall, within three business days after the day on which the medical examiner determines the cause of death, send a written report to the Division of Professional Licensing, created in Section 58-1-103, that includes:

(a) the decedent's name;

(b) each drug or other substance found in the decedent's system that may have contributed to the poisoning or overdose, if known; and

(c) the name of each person the medical examiner has reason to believe may have prescribed a controlled substance described in Subsection (1)(b) to the decedent.

(2) This section does not create a new cause of action.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.