78B-3-451.  Medical candor process.
     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.

Enacted by Chapter 366, 2022 General Session