Utah Code § 26B-1-503

Fatality review committee for a qualified individual who was not a resident of the
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Utah State Hospital or the Utah State Developmental Center.
(1) Except for a fatality review committee described in Section 26B-1-504, the fatality review
coordinator shall organize a fatality review committee for each formal review.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (5), a committee described in Subsection (1):
(a) shall include the following members:
(i) the department's fatality review coordinator, who shall designate a member of the committee
to serve as chair of the committee;
(ii) a member of the board, if there is a board, of the relevant division or office;
(iii) the attorney general or the attorney general's designee;
(iv)
(A) a member of the management staff of the relevant division or office; or
(B) a person who is a supervisor, or a higher level position, from a region that did not have
jurisdiction over the qualified individual; and
(v) a member of the department's risk management services; and
(b) may include the following members:
(i) a health care professional;
(ii) a law enforcement officer; or
(iii) a representative of the Office of Public Guardian.
(3) If a death that is subject to formal review involves a qualified individual described in Subsection
26B-1-501(7)(c), (d), or (h), the committee may also include:
(a) a health care professional;
(b) a law enforcement officer;
(c) the director of the Office of Guardian ad Litem;
(d) an employee of the division who may be able to provide information or expertise that would
be helpful to the formal review; or
(e) a professional whose knowledge or expertise may significantly contribute to the formal review.
(4) A committee described in Subsection (1) may also include a person whose knowledge or
expertise may significantly contribute to the formal review.
(5) A committee described in this section may not include an individual who was involved in, or
who supervises a person who was involved in, the near fatality or the death.
(6) Each member of a committee described in this section who is not an employee of the
department shall sign a form, created by the department, indicating that the member agrees to:
(a) keep all information relating to the formal review confidential; and
(b) not release any information relating to a formal review, unless required or permitted by law to
release the information.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session

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