62A-16-203 - Fatality Review Committees for a deceased resident of the Utah State Hospital or the Utah State Developmental Center. - Utah Statutes

62A-16-203. Fatality Review Committees for a deceased resident of the Utah StateHospital or the Utah State Developmental Center.
(1) If a qualified individual who is the subject of a formal fatality review that is orderedto be conducted under Subsection 62A-16-201(6) was a resident of the Utah State Hospital or theUtah State Developmental Center, the fatality review coordinator of that facility shall organize afatality review committee to review the fatality.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a committee described in Subsection (1) shallinclude the following members:
(a) the fatality review coordinator for the facility, who shall serve as chair of thecommittee;
(b) a member of the management staff of the facility;
(c) a supervisor of a unit other than the one in which the qualified individual resided;
(d) a physician;
(e) a representative from the administration of the division that oversees the facility;
(f) the department's fatality review coordinator;
(g) a member of the department's risk management services; and
(h) a citizen who is not an employee of the department.
(3) A committee described in Subsection (1) may also include a person whoseknowledge or expertise may significantly contribute to the formal review.
(4) A committee described in this section may not include an individual who:
(a) was involved in, or who supervises a person who was involved in, the fatality; or
(b) has a conflict with the fatality review.

Enacted by Chapter 239, 2010 General Session