Utah Code Title 26B. Utah Health and Human Services Codes § 26B-8-227. Registry of unidentified deceased persons

(a) assign a unique identifying number to the body;

(b) create and maintain a file under the assigned number;

(c) examine the body, take samples, and perform other related tasks for the purpose of deriving information that may be useful in ascertaining the identity of the deceased person;

(d) use the identifying number in all records created by the medical examiner that pertains to the body;

(e) record all information pertaining to the body in the file created and maintained under Subsection (1)(b);

(f) communicate the unique identifying number to the county in which the body was found; and

(g) access information from available government sources and databases in an attempt to ascertain the identity of the deceased person.

(a) a legitimate personal or governmental interest in determining the identity of a deceased person; and

(b) a reasonable belief that the body of that deceased person may have come into the custody of the medical examiner.