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(1) With funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide compensation, at a standard rate determined by the department, to a psychological autopsy examiner.
(2) The psychological autopsy examiner shall:
(a) work with the medical examiner to compile data regarding suicide related deaths;
(b) as relatives of the deceased are willing, gather information from relatives of the deceased regarding the psychological reasons for the decedent's death;
(c) maintain a database of information described in Subsections (2)(a) and (b);
(d) in accordance with all applicable privacy laws subject to approval by the department, share the database described in Subsection (2)(c) with the University of Utah Department of Psychiatry or other university-based departments conducting research on suicide;
(e) coordinate no less than monthly with the suicide prevention coordinator described in Subsection 62A-15-1101(2); and
(f) coordinate no less than quarterly with the state suicide prevention coalition.