Section 52.203 - Sudden, unexpected, accidental, violent, or medically unattended deaths; notice to county medical examiner; knowledge that 2 or more individuals involved were same age, sex, height, w
COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS (EXCERPT)
Act 181 of 1953
52.203 Sudden, unexpected, accidental, violent, or medically unattended deaths; notice to county medical examiner; knowledge that 2 or more individuals involved were same age, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, and race.
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(1) Any physician and any person in charge of any hospital or institution, or any person who shall have first knowledge of the death of any person who shall have died suddenly, unexpectedly, accidentally, violently, or as the result of any suspicious circumstances, or without medical attendance during the 48 hours prior to the hour of death unless the attending physician, if any, is able to determine accurately the cause of death, or in any case of death due to what is commonly known as an abortion, whether self-induced or otherwise, shall notify the county medical examiner or his or her deputy immediately of the death.
(2) If the physician, person in charge of any hospital or institution, or other person who has first knowledge of the death of a person as described under subsection (1) has knowledge that there were 2 or more individuals involved in the same accident who were approximately the same age, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, and race, then he or she shall make the county medical examiner or his or her deputy aware of that fact and whether or not any of those individuals survived that accident when notifying the examiner or deputy of the death as required under subsection (1). If any of those individuals survived, the county medical examiner or his or her deputy shall also be informed which hospital or institution those individuals were taken to and the hospital or institution shall also be made aware that the accident involved 2 or more individuals with similar attributes.
History: 1953, Act 181, Eff. Jan. 1, 1954 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 92, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 569, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007