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(1) Within funds appropriated by the Legislature, the department shall provide compensation, at a standard rate determined by the department, to an overdose fatality examiner.
(2) The overdose fatality examiner shall:
(a) work with the medical examiner to compile data regarding overdose and opioid related deaths, including:
(i) toxicology information;
(ii) demographics; and
(iii) the source of opioids or drugs;
(b) as relatives of the deceased are willing, gather information from relatives of the deceased regarding the circumstances of the decedent's death;
(c) maintain a database of information described in Subsections (2)(a) and (b);
(d) coordinate no less than monthly with the suicide prevention coordinator described in Section 62A-15-1101; and
(e) coordinate no less than quarterly with the Opioid and Overdose Fatality Review Committee created in Section 26-7-13.