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B. In any medical examiner case in which noncriminal violence | physical injury attributable to noncriminal conduct is | suspected, or in which any violence by motor vehicle, | including vehicular manslaughter, is suspected, no a person | shall may not move or alter the body or any objects at the | scene of death prior to the arrival, or without the express | authorization, of the district attorney for the district in | which the body is located or his the district attorney's | authorized representative; and |
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| C. In any medical examiner case in which criminal violence | physical injury attributable to criminal conduct other than | by motor vehicle vehicular manslaughter is suspected, no a | person shall may not move or alter the body or any objects | at the scene of death prior to the arrival, or without the | express authorization, of the Attorney General or his the | Attorney General's authorized representative. |
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| | 2. Preservation or removal of body. In any medical examiner | case where in which the body is in danger of being destroyed or | lost, or the location of the body renders it a serious threat to | the safety or health of others, any a person may take whatever | steps are reasonably necessary for the retention or preservation | of the body prior to the arrival or authorization of the medical | examiner or the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, provided | that such.__The person shall first, whenever if practicable, | exactly mark the location and position of the body. |
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| In any medical examiner case where criminal violence in which | physical injury attributable to criminal conduct other than by | motor vehicle vehicular manslaughter is not suspected, and the | presence of the body is likely to cause hardship or outrage, and | a medical examiner or the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner | cannot can not be reached in a reasonable period of time, the | district attorney for the district in which the body is located, | or his the district attorney's authorized representative, may | authorize removal of the body by the law enforcement officer in | charge of the scene, provided that the.__The officer shall first, | whenever if practicable, exactly mark the location and position | of the body. |
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| A. When death occurs in a medical facility such as a | hospital or an ambulance, the body may be removed to a | mortuary under the following conditions: |
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| (1) The incident causing the death did not occur in | the medical facility; |
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