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General relating to any medical examiner case or missing | | person; |
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| | | 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; |
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| | | G.__Written or otherwise recorded communications that | | express or are evidence of suicidal intent obtained under | | section 3028, subsections 4 and 5; and |
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| | | H.__Mechanical or electronic data computations relating to | | medical examiner cases. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §3022, sub-§9, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987, c. | | 329, §2, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §3022, sub-§10, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987, | | c. 329, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §3022, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 339, §2, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 22 MRSA §3022, sub-§§12, 13 and 14 are enacted to read: |
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| | | 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: |
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| | | A.__A criminal justice agency for the purpose of the | | administration of criminal or juvenile justice; |
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| | | B.__A person for whom the Chief Medical Examiner determines | | access is necessary or desirable to carry out a duty under | | this chapter; |
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| | | 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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