Section 203 – Fatality review committees for a resident of the Utah State Hospital or the Utah State Developmental Center.

• (1) If a qualified individual who is the subject of a formal review was a resident of the Utah State Hospital or the Utah State Developmental Center, the fatality review coordinator of that facility shall organize a fatality review committee to review the near fatality or the death.

• (2) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a committee described in Subsection (1) shall include the following members:
  • (a) the fatality review coordinator for the facility, who shall serve as chair of the committee;
  • (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 whose knowledge 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 near fatality or the death; or
  • (b) has a conflict with the fatality review.

Amended by Chapter 231, 2021 General Session