Utah State Legislature

            (1) If a qualified individual who is the subject of a formal fatality review that is ordered to be conducted under Subsection 62A-16-201(6) 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 fatality.

            (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 fatality; or

            (b) has a conflict with the fatality review.

Enacted by Chapter 239, 2010 General Session