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General relating to any medical examiner case or missing
person;

 
F.__Report documents, as defined in section 3035, subsection
2, photographs and transparencies, histological slides,
videotapes and other similar items relating to any medical
examiner case;

 
G.__Written or otherwise recorded communications that
express or are evidence of suicidal intent obtained under
section 3028, subsections 4 and 5; and

 
H.__Mechanical or electronic data computations relating to
medical examiner cases.

 
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §3022, sub-§9, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987, c.
329, §2, is repealed.

 
Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §3022, sub-§10, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987,
c. 329, §2, is amended to read:

 
10. Cooperation with research requests. The Office of Chief
Medical Examiner shall cooperate with research requests by
supplying abstracted data and copies of reports to interested
persons and agencies consistent with the available resources of
the office.

 
Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §3022, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 339, §2, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 6. 22 MRSA §3022, sub-§§12, 13 and 14 are enacted to read:

 
12.__Access to or dissemination of confidential records.__
Except as specified in subsections 10 and 13, access to or
dissemination of records made confidential under subsection 8 is
limited to:

 
A.__A criminal justice agency for the purpose of the
administration of criminal or juvenile justice;

 
B.__A person for whom the Chief Medical Examiner determines
access is necessary or desirable to carry out a duty under
this chapter;

 
C.__A person when the Chief Medical Examiner determines it
necessary or desirable to allow for the harvesting of a
decedent's organs and other tissues;


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