Utah Code § 26B-8-231: Overdose fatality examiner.

(1) Within funds appropriated by the Legislature, the department shall provide compensation, at a standard rate determined by the department, to an overdose fatality examiner.

(2) The overdose fatality examiner shall:

(a) work with the medical examiner to compile data regarding overdose and opioid related deaths, including:

(i) toxicology information;

(ii) demographics; and

(iii) the source of opioids or drugs;

(b) as relatives of the deceased are willing, gather information from relatives of the deceased regarding the circumstances of the decedent's death;

(c) maintain a database of information described in Subsections (2)(a) and (b); and

(d) coordinate no less than monthly with the suicide prevention coordinator described in Section 26B-5-611.