{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-8-210","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 26B-8-210","heading":"Medical examiner to report death caused by prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose.","body":"(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:\n(a) the decedent's name;\n(b) each drug or other substance found in the decedent's system that may have contributed to the poisoning or overdose, if known; and\n(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.\n(2) This section does not create a new cause of action.","path":["Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code","Chapter 26B-8 Health Data, Vital Statistics, and Utah Medical Examiner","Part 26B-8-2 Utah Medical Examiner"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title26B/Chapter8/26B-8-S210.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"325b777e5a8bd60cd5698d6d1fc98864e13a6c35c29b8aca313fe77267ad788f","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-8-209","next":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-8-211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}