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Utah Code § 26B-8-222: Additional powers and duties of department.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code
  2. Chapter 26B-8 Health Data, Vital Statistics, and Utah Medical Examiner
  3. Part 26B-8-2 Utah Medical Examiner

The department may:

(1) establish rules to carry out the provisions of this part;

(2) use the department's authority under this part to identify opportunities for prevention of, intervention in, and postvention of deaths under the medical examiner's jurisdiction as described in Section 26B-8-205;

(3) arrange for the state health laboratory to perform toxicologic analysis for public or private institutions and fix fees for the services;

(4) cooperate and train law enforcement personnel in the techniques of criminal investigation as related to medical and pathological matters; and

(5) pay to private parties, institutions or funeral directors the reasonable value of services performed for the medical examiner's office.

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