26B-8-229. Psychological autopsy examiner.
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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. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-8-229
- 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
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See 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
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The psychological autopsy examiner shall:
| (a) |
work with the medical examiner to compile data regarding suicide related deaths; |
| (b) |
as relatives of the deceased are willing, gather information from relatives of the deceased regarding the psychological reasons for the decedent‘s death; |
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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. |
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Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session
