D. Make a report of the investigation available to the medical examiner or the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Sec. 15. 22 MRSA §3028, sub-§§9 and 10, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 538, §8, are amended to read:

9. Autopsy of child. In the case of a child under the age of 3 years, when death occurs without medical attendance or, if attended, without a specific natural cause, the medical examiner shall order an autopsy. The autopsy may be waived by the Chief Medical Examiner, provided he the Chief Medical Examiner includes the reason for the waiver in the record.

10. Chief Medical Examiner; jurisdiction. The Chief Medical Examiner may assume jurisdiction over a medical examiner case, and may recertify the death, when he the Chief Medical Examiner finds that it is in the public interest for him to do so. He The Chief Medical Examiner shall include his the reasons for so doing in the record.

Sec. 16. 22 MRSA §3028-D is enacted to read:

§3028-D.__Disposal of identified dead bodies without connection

to this State and unidentified dead bodies

Whenever an identified dead body that is not a deceased resident of this State, or an unidentified dead body, is the subject of a medical examiner case and, notwithstanding reasonable inquiry by the Chief Medical Examiner, no next of kin, other person or governmental unit is willing to take responsibility for disposition of the body, the Chief Medical Examiner may assume responsibility for proper disposition.__Any necessary expenses incurred by the Chief Medical Examiner must be paid by the Department of Human Services.

Sec. 17. 22 MRSA §3029, sub-§§2 and 3, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 538, §9, are amended to read:

2. Petition for order of exhumation. The district attorney or Attorney General may, under the circumstances enumerated in subsection 1, and if he the district attorney or Attorney General finds it to be in the public interest, petition a Justice of the Superior Court for an order of exhumation.