Summary


Revises procedures for notification of death, findings and conclusions of death, notification of legally authorized persons of a death, relinquish charge of a dead body, examination of dead body, investigation of death prior to the release of human remains; removal of obsolete rule language; statistical reports; clarification of current rule language; unidentified human remains; examinations required for deaths resulting from violence; revises rules for performing an autopsy; research guidelines; custody and surrender of dead bodies; autopsy report; and how to obtain a copy of the Practice Guidelines.