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House narrows medical examiner authority and circles bill for fiscal review
Utah House of Representatives · January 19, 2001
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Summary
Law enforcement-backed HB61 to grant limited autopsy authority to medical examiners drew fiscal concerns and was amended; the House circled the bill pending an amended fiscal note.
The House took up House Bill 61, which would give the state medical examiner authority in narrowly defined circumstances to take custody of remains and perform autopsies when external evidence does not clearly explain a death.
"So what this bill does is give the authority, to the medical examiner to conduct, autopsies or invest and help the law enforcement…
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