26B-8-228. Testing for suspected suicides — Maintaining information — Compensation to deputy medical examiners.
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In all cases where it is suspected that a death resulted from suicide, including assisted suicide, the medical examiner shall endeavor to have the following tests conducted upon samples taken from the body of the deceased:
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-8-228- 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
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Suicide: means death caused by an intentional and voluntary act of an individual who understands the physical nature of the act and intends by such act to accomplish self-destruction. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
| (a) |
a test that detects all of the substances included in the volatiles panel of the Bureau of Forensic Toxicology within the department; |
| (b) |
a test that detects all of the substances included in the drugs of abuse panel of the Bureau of Forensic Toxicology within the department; and |
| (c) |
a test that detects all of the substances included in the prescription drug panel of the Bureau of Forensic Toxicology within the department. |
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| (2) |
The medical examiner shall maintain information regarding the types of substances found present in the samples taken from the body of a person who is suspected to have died as a result of suicide or assisted suicide. |
| (3) |
Within funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the medical examiner shall provide compensation, at a standard rate determined by the medical examiner, to a deputy medical examiner who collects samples for the purposes described in Subsection (1). |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session
