Minnesota Session Laws - 2003, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 27-S.F.No. 907 
                  An act relating to corrections; authorizing Department 
                  of Corrections forensic pathologists to issue death 
                  certificates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, 
                  section 390.23. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 390.23, is 
        amended to read: 
           390.23 [RECORDS OF VIOLENT OR MYSTERIOUS DEATH.] 
           No person, other than the county coroner, medical examiner, 
        or judge exercising probate jurisdiction, or Department of 
        Corrections' independent, contracted, board-certified forensic 
        pathologist, shall issue a record of death in cases of violent 
        or mysterious deaths, including suspected homicides, occurring 
        in the county.  The Department of Corrections' independent, 
        contracted, board-certified forensic pathologist must issue the 
        certificate of death in all Department of Corrections 
        incarcerated deaths. 
           Presented to the governor April 29, 2003 
           Signed by the governor May 2, 2003, 10:56 a.m.