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UT Code § 26-2-18.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 2 - Utah Vital Statistics Act|Section 18.5 - Rendering a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation.

 Effective 5/14/2019  26-2-18.5. Rendering a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Medical examiner" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-4-2.     (b) "Unavailable for postmortem investigation" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-4-2.       (2) It is unlawful for a person to engage in any conduct that makes a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation, unless, before engaging in that conduct, the person obtains a permit from the medical examiner to render the dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation, under Section 26-4-29, if the person intends to make the body unavailable for postmortem investigation.     (3) A person who violates Subsection (2) is guilty of a third degree felony.     (4) If a person engages in conduct that constitutes both a violation of this section and a violation of Section 76-9-704, the provisions and penalties of Section 76-9-704 supersede the provisions and penalties of this section.    Amended by Chapter 189, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 26-2-19 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 2 - Utah Vital Statistics Act|Section 19 - Rules of department for transmittal of certificates and keeping of records by local registrar.

26-2-19. Rules of department for transmittal of certificates and keeping of records by local registrar.  Each local registrar shall transmit all records registered by him to the department in accordance with department rules. The manner of keeping local copies of vital records and the uses of them shall be prescribed by department rules.  Amended by Chapter 202, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 26-2-21 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 2 - Utah Vital Statistics Act|Section 21 - Local registrars authorized to issue certified copies of records.

26-2-21. Local registrars authorized to issue certified copies of records.  The state registrar may authorize local registrars to issue certified copies of vital records.  Amended by Chapter 202, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 26-2-23 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 2 - Utah Vital Statistics Act|Section 23 - Records required to be kept by health care institutions -- Information filed with local registrar and department.

26-2-23. Records required to be kept by health care institutions -- Information filed with local registrar and department.    (1)   (a) All administrators or other persons in charge of hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions, public or private, to which persons resort for treatment of diseases, confinements, or are committed by law, shall record all the personal and statistical information about patients of their institutions as required in certificates prescribed by this chapter.     (b) The information described in Subsection (1)(a) shall:   (i) be recorded for collection at the time of admission of a patient;     (ii) be obtained from the patient, if possible; and     (iii) if the information cannot be obtained from the patient, the information shall be secured in as complete a manner as possible from other persons acquainted with the facts.         (2)   (a) When a dead body or dead fetus is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing:   (i) the name of the deceased;     (ii) the date of death of the deceased;     (iii) the name and address of the person to whom the dead body or dead fetus is released; and     (iv) the date that the dead body or dead fetus is removed from the institution.       (b) If final disposal is by the institution, the date, place, manner of disposition, and the name of the person authorizing disposition shall be recorded by the person in charge of the institution.       (3) Not later than the tenth day of each month, the administrator of each institution shall cause to be sent to the local registrar and the department a list of all births, deaths, fetal deaths, and induced abortions occurring in the institution during the preceding month. The list shall be in the form prescribed by the state registrar.     (4) A person or institution who, in good faith, releases a dead body or dead fetus, under this section, to a funeral service director or a dispositioner is immune from civil liability connected, directly or indirectly, with release of the dead body or dead fetus.    Amended by Chapter 68, 2009 General Session
UT Code § 26-2-24 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 2 - Utah Vital Statistics Act|Section 24 - Marriage licenses -- Execution and filing requirements.

26-2-24. Marriage licenses -- Execution and filing requirements.  The state registrar shall supply county clerks with application forms for marriage licenses. Completed applications shall be transmitted by the clerks to the state registrar monthly. The personal identification information contained on each application for a marriage license filed with the county clerk shall be entered on a form supplied by the state registrar. The person performing the marriage shall furnish the date and place of marriage and his name and address. The form shall be completed and certified by the county clerk before it is filed with the state registrar.  Amended by Chapter 202, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 26-2-25 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 2 - Utah Vital Statistics Act|Section 25 - Divorce or adoption -- Duty of court clerk to file certificates or reports.

 Effective 5/5/2021  26-2-25. Divorce or adoption -- Duty of court clerk to file certificates or reports.    (1) For each adoption, annulment of adoption, divorce, and annulment of marriage ordered or decreed in this state, the clerk of the court shall prepare a divorce certificate or report of adoption on a form furnished by the state registrar.     (2) The petitioner shall provide the information necessary to prepare the certificate or report under Subsection (1).     (3) The clerk shall:   (a) prepare the certificate or report under Subsection (1); and     (b) complete the remaining entries for the certificate or report immediately after the decree or order becomes final.       (4) On or before the 15th day of each month, the clerk shall forward the divorce certificates and reports of adoption under Subsection (1) completed by the clerk during the preceding month to the state registrar.     (5)   (a) A report of adoption under Subsection (1) may be provided to the attorney who is providing representation of a party to the adoption or the child-placing agency, as defined in Section 78B-6-103, that is placing the child.     (b) If a report of adoption is provided to the attorney or the child-placing agency, as defined in Section 78B-6-103, the attorney or the child-placing agency shall immediately provide the report of adoption to the state registrar.      Amended by Chapter 65, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 26-2-26 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 2 - Utah Vital Statistics Act|Section 26 - Certified copies of vital records -- Preparation by state and local registrars -- Evidentiary value.

26-2-26. Certified copies of vital records -- Preparation by state and local registrars -- Evidentiary value.    (1) The state registrar and local registrars authorized by the department under Section 26-2-21 may prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of vital records and certify their correctness.     (2) Certified copies of the vital record, or authorized reproductions of the original, issued by either the state registrar or a designated local registrar are prima facie evidence in all courts of the state with like effect as the vital record.    Amended by Chapter 202, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 26-2-27 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 2 - Utah Vital Statistics Act|Section 27 - Identifying birth certificates of missing persons -- Procedures.

26-2-27. Identifying birth certificates of missing persons -- Procedures.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Division" means the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division, Department of Public Safety, in Title 53, Chapter 10, Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Act.     (b) "Missing child" means a person younger than 18 years of age who is missing from the person's home environment or a temporary placement facility for any reason, and whose whereabouts cannot be determined by the person responsible for the child's care.     (c) "Missing person" means a person who:   (i) is missing from the person's home environment; and     (ii)   (A) has a physical or mental disability;     (B) is missing under circumstances that indicate that the person is endangered, missing involuntarily, or a victim of a catastrophe; or     (C) is a missing child.           (2)   (a) In accordance with Section 53-10-203, upon the state registrar's notification by the division that a person who was born in this state is missing, the state and local registrars shall flag the registered birth certificate of that person so that when a copy of the registered birth certificate or information regarding the birth record is requested, the state and local registrars are alerted to the fact the registered birth certificate is that of a missing person.     (b) Upon notification by the division the missing person has been recovered, the state and local registrars shall remove the flag from that person's registered birth certificate.       (3) The state and local registrars may not provide a copy of a registered birth certificate of any person whose record is flagged under Subsection (2), except as approved by the division.     (4)   (a) When a copy of the registered birth certificate of a person whose record has been flagged is requested in person, the state or local registrar shall require that person to complete a form supplying that person's name, address, telephone number, and relationship to the missing person, and the name and birth date of the missing person.     (b) The state or local registrar shall inform the requester that a copy of the registered birth certificate will be mailed to the requester.     (c) The state or local registrar shall note the physical description of the person making the request, and shall immediately notify the division of the request and the information obtained pursuant to this Subsection (4).       (5) When a copy of the registered birth certificate of a person whose record has been flagged is requested in writing, the state or local registrar or personnel of the state or local registrar shall immediately notify the division, and provide it with a copy of the written request.    Amended by Chapter 366, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 26-2-28 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 2 - Utah Vital Statistics Act|Section 28 - Birth certificate for foreign adoptees.

 Effective 5/5/2021  26-2-28. Birth certificate for foreign adoptees.  Upon presentation of a court order of adoption and an order establishing the fact, time, and place of birth under Section 26-2-15, the department shall prepare a birth certificate for an individual who:  (1) was adopted under the laws of this state; and     (2) was at the time of adoption, as a child or as an adult, considered an alien child or adult for whom the court received documentary evidence of lawful admission under Section 78B-6-108.    Amended by Chapter 65, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 26-3-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 3 - Health Statistics|Section 1 - Definitions.

26-3-1. Definitions.  As used in this chapter:  (1) "Disclosure" or "disclose" means the communication of health data to any individual or organization outside the department.     (2) "Health data" means any information, except vital records as defined in Section 26-2-2, relating to the health status of individuals, the availability of health resources and services, and the use and cost of these resources and services.     (3) "Identifiable health data" means any item, collection, or grouping of health data which makes the individual supplying it or described in it identifiable.     (4) "Individual" means a natural person.     (5) "Organization" means any corporation, association, partnership, agency, department, unit, or other legally constituted institution or entity, or part of any of these.     (6) "Research and statistical purposes" means the performance of activities relating to health data, including:   (a) describing the group characteristics of individuals or organizations;     (b) analyzing the interrelationships among the various characteristics of individuals or organizations;     (c) the conduct of statistical procedures or studies to improve the quality of health data;     (d) the design of sample surveys and the selection of samples of individuals or organizations;     (e) the preparation and publication of reports describing these matters; and     (f) other related functions.      Amended by Chapter 202, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 26-3-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 3 - Health Statistics|Section 2 - Powers of department to collect and maintain health data.

26-3-2. Powers of department to collect and maintain health data.  The department may on a voluntary basis, except when there is specific legal authority to compel reporting of health data:  (1) collect and maintain health data on:   (a) the extent, nature, and impact of illness and disability on the population of the state;     (b) the determinants of health and health hazards;     (c) health resources, including the extent of available manpower and resources;     (d) utilization of health care;     (e) health care costs and financing; or     (f) other health or health-related matters;       (2) undertake and support research, demonstrations, and evaluations respecting new or improved methods for obtaining current data on the matters referred to in Subsection (1) of this section;     (3) collect health data under other authorities and on behalf of other governmental or not-for-profit organizations.    Enacted by Chapter 126, 1981 General Session
UT Code § 26-3-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 3 - Health Statistics|Section 4 - Quality and publication of statistics.

26-3-4. Quality and publication of statistics.  The department shall:  (1) take such actions as may be necessary to assure that statistics developed under this chapter are of high quality, timely, and comprehensive, as well as specific, standardized, and adequately analyzed and indexed; and     (2) publish, make available, and disseminate such statistics on as wide a basis as practicable.    Enacted by Chapter 126, 1981 General Session
UT Code § 26-3-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 3 - Health Statistics|Section 5 - Coordination of health data collection activities.

26-3-5. Coordination of health data collection activities.    (1) The department shall coordinate health data activities within the state to eliminate unnecessary duplication of data collection and maximize the usefulness of data collected.     (2) Except as specifically provided, this chapter does not independently provide authority for the department to compel the reporting of information.    Amended by Chapter 201, 1996 General Session
UT Code § 26-3-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 3 - Health Statistics|Section 6 - Uniform standards -- Powers of department.

26-3-6. Uniform standards -- Powers of department.  The department may:  (1) participate and cooperate with state, local, and federal agencies and other organizations in the design and implementation of uniform standards for the management of health information at the federal, state, and local levels; and     (2) undertake and support research, development, demonstrations, and evaluations that support uniform health information standards.    Amended by Chapter 201, 1996 General Session
UT Code § 26-3-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 3 - Health Statistics|Section 8 - Disclosure of health data -- Discretion of department.

26-3-8. Disclosure of health data -- Discretion of department.  Any disclosure provided for in Section 26-3-7 shall be made at the discretion of the department, except that the disclosure provided for in Subsection 26-3-7(4) shall be made when the requirements of that paragraph are met.  Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 26-3-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 3 - Health Statistics|Section 9 - Health data not subject to subpoena or compulsory process -- Exception.

26-3-9. Health data not subject to subpoena or compulsory process -- Exception.  Identifiable health data obtained in the course of activities undertaken or supported under this chapter may not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or similar compulsory process in any civil or criminal, judicial, administrative, or legislative proceeding, nor shall any individual or organization with lawful access to identifiable health data under the provisions of this chapter be compelled to testify with regard to such health data, except that data pertaining to a party in litigation may be subject to subpoena or similar compulsory process in an action brought by or on behalf of such individual to enforce any liability arising under this chapter.  Amended by Chapter 201, 1996 General Session
UT Code § 26-3-10 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 3 - Health Statistics|Section 10 - Department measures to protect security of health data.

26-3-10. Department measures to protect security of health data.  The department shall protect the security of identifiable health data by use of the following measures and any other measures adopted by rule:  (1) limit access to identifiable health data to authorized individuals who have received training in the handling of such data;     (2) designate a person to be responsible for physical security;     (3) develop and implement a system for monitoring security; and     (4) review periodically all identifiable health data to determine whether identifying characteristics should be removed from the data.    Amended by Chapter 201, 1996 General Session
UT Code § 26-3-11 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 3 - Health Statistics|Section 11 - Relation to other chapters.

26-3-11. Relation to other chapters.  Because Chapter 2, Utah Vital Statistics Act, Chapter 4, Utah Medical Examiner Act, Chapter 6, Utah Communicable Disease Control Act, and Chapter 33a, Utah Health Data Authority Act contain specific provisions regarding collection and disclosure of data, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to data subject to those chapters.  Amended by Chapter 243, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 26-4-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 4 - Utah Medical Examiner Act|Section 1 - Short title.

26-4-1. Short title.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Utah Medical Examiner Act."  Enacted by Chapter 126, 1981 General Session
UT Code § 26-4-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 4 - Utah Medical Examiner Act|Section 4 - Chief medical examiner -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Authority.

 Effective 5/12/2015  26-4-4. Chief medical examiner -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Authority.    (1) The executive director, with the advice of an advisory board consisting of the chairman of the Department of Pathology at the University of Utah medical school and the dean of the law school at the University of Utah, shall appoint a chief medical examiner who shall be licensed to practice medicine in the state and shall meet the qualifications of a forensic pathologist, certified by the American Board of Pathologists.     (2)   (a) The medical examiner shall serve at the will of the executive director.     (b) The medical examiner has authority to:   (i) employ medical, technical and clerical personnel as may be required to effectively administer this chapter, subject to the rules of the department and the state merit system;     (ii) conduct investigations and pathological examinations;     (iii) perform autopsies authorized in this title;     (iv) conduct or authorize necessary examinations on dead bodies; and     (v) notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 26-28-122(3), retain tissues and biological samples:   (A) for scientific purposes;     (B) where necessary to accurately certify the cause and manner of death; or     (C) for tissue from an unclaimed body, subject to Section 26-4-25, in order to donate the tissue or biological sample to an individual who is affiliated with an established search and rescue dog organization, for the purpose of training a dog to search for human remains.         (c) In the case of an unidentified body, the medical examiner shall authorize or conduct investigations, tests and processes in order to determine its identity as well as the cause of death.       (3) The medical examiner may appoint regional pathologists, each of whom shall be approved by the executive director.    Amended by Chapter 72, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 26-4-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 4 - Utah Medical Examiner Act|Section 5 - County medical examiners.

26-4-5. County medical examiners.  The county executive, with the advice and consent of the county legislative body, may appoint medical examiners for their respective counties.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 26-4-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 4 - Utah Medical Examiner Act|Section 6 - Investigation of deaths -- Requests for autopsies.

26-4-6. Investigation of deaths -- Requests for autopsies.    (1) The following have authority to investigate a death described in Section 26-4-7 and any other case which may be within their jurisdiction:   (a) the attorney general or an assistant attorney general;     (b) the district attorney or county attorney who has criminal jurisdiction over the death or case;     (c) a deputy of the district attorney or county attorney described in Subsection (1)(b); or     (d) a peace officer within the jurisdiction described in Subsection (1)(b).       (2) If, in the opinion of the medical examiner, an autopsy should be performed or if an autopsy is requested by the district attorney or county attorney having criminal jurisdiction, or by the attorney general, the autopsy shall be performed by the medical examiner or a regional pathologist.    Amended by Chapter 63, 2009 General Session