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Introduced
01/19/2021
01/19/2021
In Committee
02/16/2021
02/16/2021
Crossed Over
01/20/2021
01/20/2021
Passed
03/11/2021
03/11/2021
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
03/11/2021
03/11/2021
Introduced Session
2021 General Session
Bill Summary
This bill amends the Utah Medical Examiner Act.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Utah Medical Examiner Act. It clarifies the circumstances under which the medical examiner must assume custody of a deceased body, including deaths by violence, suicide, accident, or suspicious circumstances, as well as deaths in certain institutional settings. The bill also specifies that only the medical examiner or their designee may certify the cause of death in these cases, and makes it a class B misdemeanor for anyone else to do so or to provide false information to the medical examiner with the intent to mislead.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Governor Signed in Lieutenant Governor's office for filing (on 03/11/2021)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0022.html |
| BillText | http://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0022.pdf |
| BillText | http://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0022.pdf |
| Senate Committee Amendment 1 | http://le.utah.gov/~2021/pamend/hb0022.sca.01.pdf |
| Agency Perf Note HB0022_270 | http://le.utah.gov/lfa/fnotes/2021/HB0022_270.pna.pdf |
| BillText | http://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0022.pdf |
| Fiscal Note HB0022 | http://le.utah.gov/lfa/fnotes/2021/HB0022.fn.pdf |
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