Utah § 76-3-203.11 - Reporting an overdose -- Mitigating factor.

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§ 76-3-203.11. Reporting an overdose -- Mitigating factor.

Effective 5/6/2026
76-3-203.11.  Reporting an overdose -- Mitigating factor.
(1)As used in this section, "good faith" does not include seeking medical assistance under this section during the course of a law enforcement agency's execution of a search warrant, execution of an arrest warrant, or other lawful search.
(2)It is a mitigating factor in sentencing for an offense under Chapter 18, Part 2, Offenses Concerning Controlled Substances, or Title 58, Chapter 37, Controlled Substances, that the person or bystander:
(a)reasonably believes that the person or another person is experiencing an overdose event due to the ingestion, injection, inhalation, or other introduction into the human body of a controlled substance or other substance;
(b)reports, or assists a person who reports, in good faith the overdose event to a medical provider, an emergency medical service provider as defined in Section 53-2d-101, a law enforcement officer, a 911 emergency call system, or an emergency dispatch system, or the person is the subject of a report made under this section;
(c)provides in the report under Subsection (2)(b) a functional description of the location of the actual overdose event that facilitates responding to the person experiencing the overdose event;
(d)remains at the location of the person experiencing the overdose event until a responding law enforcement officer or emergency medical service provider arrives, or remains at the medical care facility where the person experiencing an overdose event is located until a responding law enforcement officer arrives;
(e)cooperates with the responding medical provider, emergency medical service provider, and law enforcement officer, including providing information regarding the person experiencing the overdose event and any substances the person may have injected, inhaled, or otherwise introduced into the person's body; and
(f)committed the offense in the same course of events from which the reported overdose arose.


Amended by Chapter 362, 2026 General Session

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