SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 1329

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Kirkpatrick moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, lines 17-31, delete those lines

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16  and insert:

17         (b)  The Medical Examiners Commission shall adopt

18  promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 120, providing for the

19  notification of the next of kin that an investigation by the

20  medical examiner's office is being conducted. A medical

21  examiner may not retain or furnish any body part of a deceased

22  person for research or other purposes without notification and

23  approval of the next of kin. A medical examiner may retain or

24  furnish any body part of a deceased person in conjunction with

25  any criminal matter or preservation of forensic evidence or a

26  determination of the identity of the deceased, the cause or

27  manner of death, or the presence of disease, or as provided in

28  chapter 873, or part X of chapter 732, or chapter 406, without

29  notification and approval of the next of kin.

30         (3)  The Medical Examiners Commission may adopt rules

31  incorporating by reference practice parameters or guidelines

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 1329

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 1  or standards of conduct relating to investigations or the

 2  performance of autopsies.

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 6  And the title is amended as follows:

 7         On page 1, lines 3-21, delete those lines

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10         s. 406.06, F.S.; providing additional grounds

11         for the suspension of medical examiners;

12         amending s. 406.075, F.S.; providing penalties

13         for disciplinary violations; amending s.

14         406.11, F.S.; specifying medical examiners'

15         duties regarding autopsies; providing an

16         effective date.

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