{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-1-503","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 26B-1-503","heading":"Fatality review committee for a qualified individual who was not a resident of the Utah State Hospital or the Utah State Developmental Center.","body":"(1) Except for a fatality review committee described in Section 26B-1-504, the fatality review coordinator shall organize a fatality review committee for each formal review.\n(2) Except as provided in Subsection (5), a committee described in Subsection (1):\n(a) shall include the following members:\n(i) the department's fatality review coordinator, who shall designate a member of the committee to serve as chair of the committee;\n(ii) a member of the board, if there is a board, of the relevant division or office;\n(iii) the attorney general or the attorney general's designee;\n(iv)\n(A) a member of the management staff of the relevant division or office; or\n(B) a person who is a supervisor, or a higher level position, from a region that did not have jurisdiction over the qualified individual; and\n(v) a member of the department's risk management services; and\n(b) may include the following members:\n(i) a health care professional;\n(ii) a law enforcement officer; or\n(iii) a representative of the Office of Public Guardian.\n(3) If a death that is subject to formal review involves a qualified individual described in Subsection 26B-1-501(7)(c), (d), or (h), the committee may also include:\n(a) a health care professional;\n(b) a law enforcement officer;\n(c) the director of the Office of Guardian ad Litem;\n(d) an employee of the division who may be able to provide information or expertise that would be helpful to the formal review; or\n(e) a professional whose knowledge or expertise may significantly contribute to the formal review.\n(4) A committee described in Subsection (1) may also include a person whose knowledge or expertise may significantly contribute to the formal review.\n(5) A committee described in this section may not include an individual who was involved in, or who supervises a person who was involved in, the near fatality or the death.\n(6) Each member of a committee described in this section who is not an employee of the department shall sign a form, created by the department, indicating that the member agrees to:\n(a) keep all information relating to the formal review confidential; and\n(b) not release any information relating to a formal review, unless required or permitted by law to release the information.","path":["Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code","Chapter 26B-1 Department of Health and Human Services","Part 26B-1-5 Fatality Review"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title26B/Chapter1/26B-1-S503.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"5b9e0212177e0ef2f14fbd5de3764fde6749e4b40da07dcfe14b91b7c5c18b75","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-1-502","next":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-1-504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}