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Panel considers bill consolidating rules for release of autopsy reports and images into Title 23
Summary
House Bill 1068 would consolidate rules on autopsy reports, working papers and autopsy images into North Dakota Century Code Title 23, clarify who may receive records (including certain review commissions), and preserve confidentiality for photographs and third-party images.
The House Human Services Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1068, which would amend and reenact sections of North Dakota law to consolidate the rules governing autopsy reports, working papers and autopsy photographs or recordings into Title 23 of the North Dakota Century Code.
Kirby Krueger, director of disease control and forensic pathology with the Department of Health and Human Services, told the committee the bill moves scattered language from Title 44 into Title 23 to make it easier for the State Forensic Examiner's office to determine who may receive forensic records and under what conditions. "Just at a high level, section 1 of this bill clarifies which records from the state forensic examiner's office are the forensic examiner…
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