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Utah Code § 78B-3-451

Medical candor process

Enacted by Chapter 366, 2022 General Session

In accordance with this part, a health care provider may engage an affected party in a process where the health care provider and any other health care provider notified in Subsection 78B-3-452(1)(b) that chooses to participate in the process that:

(1) conducts an investigation into an adverse event involving a patient and the health care provided to the patient;

(2) communicates information to the affected party regarding information gathered during an investigation described in Subsection (1);

(3) communicates to the affected party the steps that the health care provider will take to prevent future occurrences of the adverse event; and

(4) determines whether to make an offer of compensation to the affected party for the adverse event.

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