Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Utah Code § 26B-8-222

Additional powers and duties of department

Amended by Chapter 73, 2026 General Session

The department may:

(1) establish rules to carry out the provisions of this part;

(2) use the department's authority under this part to identify opportunities for prevention of, intervention in, and postvention of deaths under the medical examiner's jurisdiction as described in Section 26B-8-205;

(3) arrange for the state health laboratory to perform toxicologic analysis for public or private institutions and fix fees for the services;

(4) cooperate and train law enforcement personnel in the techniques of criminal investigation as related to medical and pathological matters; and

(5) pay to private parties, institutions or funeral directors the reasonable value of services performed for the medical examiner's office.

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