LD 1211
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Page 3 of 4 An Act To Amend the Laws Relating to Medical Certification of the Cause of Deat... LD 1211 Title Page
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Examiner, barring a directive from the Attorney General or
district attorney having jurisdiction.

 
3. It reconfigures, Title 22, section 3025. Specifically,
subsection 2 is now incorporated into subsection 1, paragraph
A, and that portion of subsection 4 addressing questionable
cases is now incorporated into subsection 1-A. Both
subsections 2 and 4 are repealed.

 
4. It adds a new category of death that must be reported
but need not be accepted by the Chief Medical examiner as a
medical examiner case. The added category is found in Title
22, section 3025, subsection 1-A, paragraph B and addresses
deaths in the elderly who have sustained an arm or leg
fracture or a fracture to the spine, ribs or pelvis and who
are hospitalized at the time of death or prior thereto because
of such fracture.


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