26B-1-504. Fatality review committees for a resident of the Utah State Hospital or the Utah State Developmental Center.
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Effective 5/3/2023
26B-1-504. Fatality review committees for a resident of the Utah State Hospital or the Utah State Developmental Center.
(1)If a qualified individual who is the subject of a formal review was a resident of the Utah State Hospital or the Utah State Developmental Center, the fatality review coordinator of that facility shall organize a fatality review committee to review the near fatality or the death.
(2)Except as provided in Subsection
(4), a committee described in Subsection
(1)shall include the following members:
(a)the fatality review coordinator for the facility, who shall serve as chair of the committee;
(b)a member of the management staff of the facility;
(c)a supervisor of a unit other than the one in which the qualified individual resided;
(d)a physician;
(e)a representative from the administration of the division that oversees the facility;
(f)the department's fatality review coordinator;
(g)a member of the department's risk management services; and
(h)a citizen who is not an employee of the department.
(3)A committee described in Subsection
(1)may also include a person whose knowledge or expertise may significantly contribute to the formal review.
(4)A committee described in this section may not include an individual who:
(a)was involved in, or who supervises a person who was involved in, the near fatality or the death; or
(b)has a conflict with the fatality review.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305 , 2023 General Session