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Utah Code Title 26B. Utah Health and Human Services Codes § 26B-1-505. Fatality review committee proceedings

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) A majority vote of committee members present constitutes the action of the committee.

(2) The department shall give the committee access to all reports, records, and other documents that are relevant to the near fatality or the death under investigation, including:

(a) narrative reports;

(b) case files;

(c) autopsy reports; and

(d) police reports, unless the report is protected from disclosure under Subsection 63G-2-305(10) or (11).

(3) The Utah State Hospital and the Utah State Developmental Center shall provide protected health information to the committee if requested by a fatality review coordinator.

(4) A committee shall convene monthly, unless this time is extended, for good cause, by the director of the Division of Continuous Quality and Improvement.

(5) A committee may interview a staff member, a provider, or any other person who may have knowledge or expertise that is relevant to the formal review.

(6) A committee shall render an advisory opinion regarding:

(a) whether the provisions of law, rule, policy, and procedure relating to the qualified individual and the individual's family were complied with;

(b) whether the near fatality or the death was responded to properly;

(c) whether to recommend that a law, rule, policy, or procedure be changed; and

(d) whether additional training is needed.

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