26B-8-210. Medical examiner to report death caused by prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.
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Effective 5/1/2024
26B-8-210. Medical examiner to report death caused by prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.
(1)If a medical examiner determines that the death of a person who is 12 years old or older at the time of death resulted from poisoning or overdose involving a controlled substance prescribed to the decedent, the medical examiner shall, within three business days after the day on which the medical examiner determines the cause of death, send a written report to the Division of Professional Licensing, created in Section 58-1-103 , that includes:
(a)the decedent's name;
(b)each drug or other substance found in the decedent's system that may have contributed to the poisoning or overdose, if known; and
(c)the name of each person the medical examiner has reason to believe may have prescribed a controlled substance described in Subsection (1)(b) to the decedent.
(2)This section does not create a new cause of action.
Amended by Chapter 240 , 2024 General Session