26B-8-210. Medical examiner to report death caused by prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.
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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 prescribed controlled substance, 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:
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-8-210- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Medical examiner: means the state medical examiner appointed pursuant to Section 26B-8-202 or a deputy appointed by the medical examiner. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
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the decedent‘s name; |
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each drug or other substance found in the decedent’s system that may have contributed to the poisoning or overdose, if known; and |
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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. |
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This section does not create a new cause of action. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session
