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Utah Code § 26B-8-229

Psychological autopsy examiner

Amended by Chapter 240, 2024 General Session

(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.

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