Maine § 22 §3025 Medical examiner case

Maine Statutes

§ 22 §3025 — Medical examiner case

Maine § 22 §3025

Title 22HEALTH AND WELFARE

Part 6BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

Ch. 711MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 22, § 22 §3025 (2026).

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1.Circumstances of death that must be reported. A medical examiner case may exist and must be reported as provided in section 3026 when remains are found that may be human and raise suspicion that death has occurred under any of the following circumstances: 1-A. Medical examiner case determination. Notwithstanding that a case must be reported under subsection 1, the acceptance of any reported death as a medical examiner case is to be determined by the Chief Medical Examiner unless acceptance is specifically ordered by the Attorney General or district attorney having jurisdiction.

2.Attendance by physician.

3.Transplant operations. An operation for the transplant of an organ or a portion of an organ may not take place, when the donor's death occurs under circumstances indicating a medica

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Circumstances of death that must be reported.
A medical examiner case may exist and must be reported as provided in section 3026 when remains are found that may be human and raise suspicion that death has occurred under any of the following circumstances:
1-A.
Medical examiner case determination.
Notwithstanding that a case must be reported under subsection 1, the acceptance of any reported death as a medical examiner case is to be determined by the Chief Medical Examiner unless acceptance is specifically ordered by the Attorney General or district attorney having jurisdiction.
2.
Attendance by physician.
3.
Transplant operations.
An operation for the transplant of an organ or a portion of an organ may not take place, when the donor's death occurs under circumstances indicating a medical examiner case, without approval of the medical examiner. A doctor performing a transplant operation when the donor has died under these circumstances shall note the condition of the vital organs in the region of surgery and shall include this notation in a written report of the operation and manner in which death was pronounced, with the report to be given to the medical examiner upon the medical examiner's request. The medical examiner may choose to be present during the removal of the donated organ.
4.
Questionable cases and cases that may constitute exceptions.
5.
Delayed reports.
When a death has occurred that falls under this law as a medical examiner case and the body has already been released for final disposition, the case may be accepted and the body ordered held for examination by a medical examiner, but no exhumation may take place when the body has been finally interred, except pursuant to section 3029.

Legislative History

PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 567, §20 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 538, §5 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 611, §6 (RPR). PL 1987, c. 296, §3 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 339, §3 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §K82 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §K83 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 222, §§4-6 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 433, §§3-6 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2011, c. 60, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 420, Pt. D, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 420, Pt. D, §6 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 87, §§1, 2 (AMD). RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §151 (COR).