Section 28.5 - Psychological autopsy examiner.

UT Code § 26-4-28.5 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) 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.

(2) 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; (c) 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 62A-15-1101(2); and (f) coordinate no less than quarterly with the state suicide prevention coalition.

(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;

(c) 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 62A-15-1101(2); and

(f) coordinate no less than quarterly with the state suicide prevention coalition.