(1) If the mental, physical, or emotional condition of a victim is material to a reparations claim, the reparations officer, director, the assistant director reparations program manager, or chair of the board who hears the reparations claim or the appeal may order the claimant to submit to a mental or physical examination by a physician or psychologist and may recommend to the court to order an autopsy of a deceased victim.
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Terms Used In Utah Code 63M-7-517 v2

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Board: means the Crime Victim Reparations and Assistance Board created under Section 63M-7-504. See Utah Code 63M-7-502
  • Claimant: means any of the following claiming reparations under this part:
         (5)(a) a victim;
         (5)(b) a dependent of a deceased victim; or
         (5)(c) an individual or representative who files a reparations claim on behalf of a victim. See Utah Code 63M-7-502
  • Director: means the director of the office. See Utah Code 63M-7-502
  • Reparations claim: means a claimant's request or application made to the office for a reparations award. See Utah Code 63M-7-502
  • Reparations officer: includes the director when the director is acting as a reparations officer. See Utah Code 63M-7-502
  • Representative: means the victim, immediate family member, legal guardian, attorney, conservator, executor, or an heir of an individual. See Utah Code 63M-7-502
  • Victim: means an individual who suffers bodily or psychological injury or death as a direct result of:
              (50)(a)(i) criminally injurious conduct; or
              (50)(a)(ii) the production of pornography in violation of Section 76-5b-201 or Utah Code 63M-7-502
(2) The court may order an additional examination for good cause shown and shall provide notice to the individual to be examined and the individual’s representative.
(3) All reports from additional examinations shall set out findings, including results of all tests made, diagnoses, prognoses, other conclusions, and reports of earlier examinations of the same conditions.
(4) A copy of the report shall be made available to the victim or the representative of the victim unless dissemination of that copy is prohibited by law.

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