26B-8-231. Overdose fatality examiner.
(1) Within funds appropriated by the Legislature, the department shall provide compensation, at a standard rate determined by the department, to an overdose fatality examiner.
(2) The overdose fatality examiner shall: work with the medical examiner to compile data regarding overdose and opioid related deaths, including: toxicology information; demographics; and the source of opioids or drugs; as relatives of the deceased are willing, gather information from relatives of the deceased regarding the circumstances of the decedent's death; maintain a database of information described in Subsections (2)(a) and (b); and coordinate no less than monthly with the suicide prevention coordinator described in Section. 26B-5-611