Medical Examiner Data: Utah
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| Submitted | Jan. 27, 2021 |
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From: Tristan Ahtone
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Government Records Access and Management Act, I hereby request the following records:
We are requesting death records dating January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021, for San Juan and Kane counties with the following information for each case:
- case number
- decedent name
- date of death
- location of death
- race
- ethnicity
- age
- gender
- occupation/industry
- whether injury/infection occurred at work
- incident location (street address, city, state, ZIP where injury/infection occurred)
- incident date
- decedent residence (street address, city, state, ZIP)
- cause(s) of death (indicating if COVID related)
- contributing factors
- any other accessible, non-exempt information contained in electronic case records
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Tristan Ahtone
From: Department of Health
Request Title:
Medical Examiner Data: Utah
Submitted To:
Health Department
Submission Date:
01/29/2021 12:06 52
Submitted By:
Tristan Ahtone
Records Officer:
Sharon Steigerwalt
ssteigerwalt@utah.gov
Text of Request:
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officer receives (opens) the request.
Thank you.
Open Records Portal Team
openrecordsadmin@utah.gov
openrecords.utah.gov
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From: Department of Health
Tristan Ahtone,
Your request, "Medical Examiner Data: Utah," has been successfully
received by the records officer for Health Department. The due date
assigned to your request is 02/16/2021.
If you have any questions, you may contact the records officer by
logging in to the Open Records Portal, opening your request, and
clicking "Contact Records Officer."
Thank you.
Open Records Portal Team
openrecords.utah.gov
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Questions? Help is available!
GRAMA questions: grama@utah.gov
Website questions: openrecordsadmin@utah.gov
From: Department of Health
Tristan,
We received your GRAMA request. Because our staff is extremely busy working
on the COVID-19 response, it will take longer to get this pulled together
than the required 10 days. Please be patient and we'll get this to you as
soon as we can.
We are requesting death records dating January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021,
for San Juan and Kane counties with the following information for each
case: - case number - decedent name - date of death - location of death -
race - ethnicity - age - gender - occupation/industry - whether
injury/infection occurred at work - incident location (street address,
city, state, ZIP where injury/infection occurred) - incident date -
decedent residence (street address, city, state, ZIP) - cause(s) of death
(indicating if COVID related) - contributing factors - any other
accessible, non-exempt information contained in electronic case records The
requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this
request is not being made for commercial purposes. In the event that there
are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges
in advance of fulfilling my request.
*Charla Haley *| Public Information Officer
Certified Records Officer
Utah Department of Health
(801) 230-5927 (m)
*On-call PIO - (801) 209-2591*
Please consider signing up for vaccine updates at
https://coronavirus.utah.gov/vaccine/#sign-up
www.health.utah.gov
www.twitter.com/utahdepofhealth
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From: Department of Health
Tristan,
Based on input from our attorneys, your GRAMA request is denied. I'm
attaching a letter which outlines the reasons for the denial. The
information being requested are not public records subject to GRAMA as they
are private, controlled, and protected records and the disclosure of the
requested records are governed by other state statutes: UCA 26-2-22,
26-4-17, and 26-6-27. See UCA 63G-2-201(3) and (6).
*Charla Haley *| Public Information Officer
Certified Records Officer
Utah Department of Health
(801) 230-5927 (m)
*On-call PIO - (801) 209-2591*
Please consider signing up for vaccine updates at
https://coronavirus.utah.gov/vaccine/#sign-up
www.health.utah.gov
www.twitter.com/utahdepofhealth
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