26-4-17 - Records of medical examiner -- Copies furnished to next-of-kin, law enforcement officers, and attending physician -- Confidentiality. - Utah Statutes

26-4-17. Records of medical examiner -- Copies furnished to next-of-kin, lawenforcement officers, and attending physician -- Confidentiality.
(1) The medical examiner shall keep and maintain full and complete original records,properly indexed, giving the name, if known, or otherwise identifying every person whose deathis investigated, the place where the body was found, the date, the cause and manner of death, theoccupation of the decedent if available, and all other relevant information concerning the death. Afull report and detailed findings of the autopsy or report of the investigation shall be part of therecord in each case.
(2) The county attorney, the district attorney, the attorney general, or other lawenforcement official having jurisdiction may, upon written request, secure copies of the originalrecords where necessary for the performance of their duties.
(3) The medical examiner shall promptly deliver copies of all reports, findings, andrecords gathered or compiled in the investigation of a death to the decedent's next-of-kin, legalrepresentative, or physicians who attended the decedent during the year before death, upon theirwritten request for the release of documents.
(4) The medical examiner shall maintain the confidentiality of the records which shall bereleased as provided herein and upon payment of fees prescribed by the department under Section26-1-6.

Amended by Chapter 201, 1996 General Session