as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 03/22/2005 |
A bill for an act
relating to health; requiring a coroner or medical
examiner to be notified of a death of a nursing home
patient; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
149A.90, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 149A.90,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
The
mortician, funeral director, or other person lawfully in charge
of the disposition of the body shall notify the coroner or
medical examiner before moving a body from the site of death in
any case:
(1) where the person is unable to obtain firm assurance
from the physician in attendance that the medical certification
will be signed;
(2) when circumstances suggest that the death was caused by
other than natural causes;
(3) where deaths occur under mysterious or unusual
circumstances;
(4) where there is a violent death, whether homicidal,
suicidal, or accidental, including but not limited to: thermal,
chemical, electrical, or radiational injury; and deaths due to
criminal abortion, whether self-induced or not;
(5) where the body is to be disposed of in some manner
which prevents later examination, including but not limited to,
cremation, dissection, or burial at sea; deleted text begin or
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(6) when the decedent was an inmate of a public institution
who was not hospitalized for organic diseasenew text begin ; or
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(7) when the decedent was a resident of a nursing home
licensed under chapter 144Anew text end .