Section 451 – Medical candor process.

Effective 5/4/2022
78B-3-451. Medical candor process.
In accordance with this part, a health care provider may engage an affected party in a process where the health care provider and any other health care provider notified in Subsection 78B-3-452(1)(b) that chooses to participate in the process that:

• (1) conducts an investigation into an adverse event involving a patient and the health care provided to the patient;

• (2) communicates information to the affected party regarding information gathered during an investigation described in Subsection (1);

• (3) communicates to the affected party the steps that the health care provider will take to prevent future occurrences of the adverse event; and

• (4) determines whether to make an offer of compensation to the affected party for the adverse event.

Enacted by Chapter 366, 2022 General Session