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  10. Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act


Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act


  • § 38-7-101. Short title.
  • § 38-7-102. Post-mortem examination division.
  • § 38-7-103. Chief medical examiner -- Deputies and assistants -- Duties and authority.
  • § 38-7-104. County medical examiner.
  • § 38-7-105. Facility for performance of autopsies.
  • § 38-7-106. When autopsies authorized -- Notice to next of kin -- Donor eyes and eye tissues.
  • § 38-7-107. Disinterment to perform autopsy.
  • § 38-7-108. Death under suspicious, unusual or unnatural circumstances.
  • § 38-7-109. Investigation by county medical examiner.
  • § 38-7-110. Records received as evidence -- Person preparing report may be subpoenaed as witness -- Reports as public documents -- Release of reports.
  • § 38-7-112. Immunity of persons performing examinations and autopsies.
  • § 38-7-113. Refusal or neglect to comply with § 38-7-108 -- Penalty.
  • § 38-7-117. Subpoena of medical and hospital records.
  • § 38-7-118. Delivery of remains to family following autopsy.
  • § 38-7-119. Unauthorized video or audio recordings of autopsies.
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