Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R448 - Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Examiner
Rule R448-10 - Unattended Death and Reporting Requirements
Section R448-10-3 - Reporting Requirement
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) If a death occurs and the individual's care within 30 days prior to death was not directly supervised by a physician or if the individual was not seen by a licensed nurse whose activity is directly supervised by the individual's treating physician, then the death must be reported as required under Utah Code Section 26-4-8.
(2) All other deaths that meet the criteria in Utah Code Section 26-4-7, must be reported as required by Utah Code Section 26-4-8
(3) As required by R432-750-29, a hospice is required to report all deaths supervised by the hospice if the death was a result from injury, accident, or other possible unnatural cause.
