(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, associates, and acquaintances of the deceased are willing, gather information regarding the circumstances that preceded 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 26B-5-611(2); and (f) coordinate no less than quarterly with the state suicide prevention coalition.
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