11G-2.001: Determination of Jurisdiction, Preliminary Procedures
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To develop procedures for cooperative agreements, associate medical examiner appointment, record keeping duties, and workload reporting duties involving autopsies.
SUMMARY: Revisions to this rule section create procedures when medical examiner districts enter into a cooperative agreement for the performance of an autopsy and define requirements for autopsy record keeping and reporting.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 406.04, 406.05, 406.08 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 406.02, 406.05, 406.08, 406.11, 406.13 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE,TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW(IF NOT REQUESTED, THIS HEARING WILL NOT BE HELD):
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-1489
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Bureau Chief Vickie Marsey at (850)410-8600. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Bureau Chief Vickie Marsey, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Professionalism Program, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, (850)410-8609
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
11G-2.001 Determination of Jurisdiction, Preliminary Procedures.
(1) through (5) No change.
(6) Section 406.05, F.S., provides for cooperative arrangements among the several districts and Section 406.08(2), F.S., provides for fee payment when an autopsy is performed on a body when the death occurred outside the district. When such a cooperative arrangement is for the purpose of transporting the body of a person who dies in one medical examiner district (hereafter, district of jurisdiction) to another for autopsy or examination (hereafter, district of examination):
(a) The physician performing the examination must have a statutory appointment as an associate medical examiner in the district of jurisdiction per the provisions of Rule 11G-1.002, F.A.C.
(b) For each transfer of a body the medical examiner in the district of jurisdiction shall maintain in his or her files documentation of the agreement for the transfer; shall assign a case number from the district of jurisdiction; and shall maintain copies of any reports of examination or opinion by the appointed associate medical examiner, records of identification of the body, and records of the transfer and release of the body to the next of kin.
(c) The medical examiner of the district of examination shall maintain in his or her files documentation of the agreement for the transfer and shall include the case number of the district of jurisdiction on all signed reports.
(d) For Annual Workload reporting purposes for creation of the Annual Report per Section 406.02, F.S., statistics that are required to be sent to the Medical Examiners Commission staff shall be reported by the district of examination.
Specific Authority 406.04, 406.05, 406.08 FS. Law Implemented 406.02, 406.04, 406.05, 406.08, 406.11, 406.13 FS. HistoryNew 10-18-81, Amended 7-10-85, Formerly 11G-2.01, Amended 8-27-87, 11-24-87, 10-14-96, 7-6-99,__________.
