CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.House Bill 1329
Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1329
By Representative Roberts-Burke
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to medical examiners; amending
3 s. 406.11, F.S., relating to examinations,
4 investigations, and autopsies required of
5 medical examiners; requiring notification and
6 approval of next of kin if a procedure of the
7 medical examiner on a dead human body is
8 primarily for purposes of medical research;
9 providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Section 406.11, Florida Statutes, is
14 amended to read:
15 406.11 Examinations, investigations, and autopsies.--
16 (1) In any of the following circumstances involving
17 the death of a human being, the medical examiner of the
18 district in which the death occurred or the body was found
19 shall determine the cause of death and shall, for that
20 purpose, make or have performed such examinations,
21 investigations, and autopsies as he shall deem necessary or as
22 shall be requested by the state attorney:
23 (a) When any person dies in the state:
24 1. Of criminal violence.
25 2. By accident.
26 3. By suicide.
27 4. Suddenly, when in apparent good health.
28 5. Unattended by a practicing physician or other
29 recognized practitioner.
30 6. In any prison or penal institution.
31 7. In police custody.
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1 8. In any suspicious or unusual circumstance.
2 9. By criminal abortion.
3 10. By poison.
4 11. By disease constituting a threat to public health.
5 12. By disease, injury, or toxic agent resulting from
6 employment.
7 (b) When a dead body is brought into the state without
8 proper medical certification.
9 (c) When a body is to be cremated, dissected, or
10 buried at sea.
11 (2)(a) The district medical examiner shall have the
12 authority in any case coming under subsection (1) any of the
13 above categories to perform, or have performed, whatever
14 autopsies or laboratory examinations he or she deems necessary
15 in the public interest.
16 (b) The Medical Examiners Commission shall promulgate
17 rules, pursuant to chapter 120, providing for the notification
18 of the next of kin that an investigation into the cause of
19 death of a person by the medical examiner's office is being
20 conducted by the medical examiner's office. However,
21 notification and approval of next of kin is required if the
22 procedure used on the body is primarily for purposes of
23 medical research.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.
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27 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Requires notification and approval of next of kin if a
29 procedure of the medical examiner on a dead human body is
primarily for purposes of medical research.
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