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Part 2

Utah Code Ann. tit. 26B, ch. 8, pt. 2

Utah Medical Examiner

26B-8-201Definitions.26B-8-202Chief medical examiner -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Authority.26B-8-203County medical examiners.26B-8-204Investigation of deaths -- Requests for autopsies.26B-8-205Jurisdiction of medical examiner.26B-8-206Discovery of dead body -- Notice requirements -- Procedure.26B-8-207Custody of dead body and personal effects -- Examination of scene of death -- Preservation of body -- Autopsies.26B-8-208Rendering a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation.26B-8-209Certification of cause of death.26B-8-210Medical examiner to report death caused by prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.26B-8-211Records and reports of investigations.26B-8-212Order to exhume body -- Procedure.26B-8-213Autopsies -- When authorized.26B-8-214Certification of death by attending health care professional -- Deaths without medical attendance -- Cause of death uncertain -- Notice requirements.26B-8-215Deaths in medical centers and federal facilities.26B-8-216Release of body for funeral preparations.26B-8-217Records of medical examiner -- Confidentiality.26B-8-218Records of medical examiner -- Admissibility as evidence -- Subpoena of person who prepared record.26B-8-219Personal property of deceased -- Disposition.26B-8-220Officials not liable for authorized acts.26B-8-221Authority of county attorney or district attorney to subpoena witnesses and compel testimony -- Determination if decedent died by unlawful means.26B-8-222Additional powers and duties of department.26B-8-223Authority of examiner to provide organ or other tissue for transplant purposes.26B-8-224Autopsies -- Persons eligible to authorize.26B-8-225Burial of an unclaimed body -- Request by the school of medicine at the University of Utah -- Medical examiner may retain tissue for dog training.26B-8-226Social security number in certification of death.26B-8-227Registry of unidentified deceased persons.26B-8-228Testing for suspected suicides -- Maintaining information -- Compensation to deputy medical examiners.26B-8-229Psychological autopsy examiner.26B-8-230Application for permit to render a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation -- Medical examiner review fee.26B-8-231Overdose fatality examiner.26B-8-232Injury reporting requirements by health care provider -- Contents of report -- Penalties.26B-8-233Family outreach specialist.