LD 1211
pg. 4
Page 3 of 6 PUBLIC Law Chapter 433 Page 5 of 6
Download Chapter Text
LR 1817
Item 1

 
A. Death is suspected of having been caused by any type of
physical injury, including poisoning, regardless of whether
the suspected manner of death is homicide, suicide or
accident;.__This circumstance must be reported irrespective
of whether the deceased had been attended by a physician,
was a patient in a hospital, survived for a considerable
time following the physical injury or died from terminal
natural causes consequent to and following the physical
injury;

 
B. Suddenly when the person is in apparent good health and
has no specific natural disease sufficient to explain death;

 
C. During diagnostic or therapeutic procedures under
circumstances indicating gross negligence or when clearly
due to trauma or poisoning unrelated to the ordinary risks
of those procedures;

 
D. Death when the person is in custody pursuant to an
arrest, confined in a state correctional facility, county
institution, facility or local lockup, unless clearly
certifiable by an attending physician as due to specific
natural causes;

 
E. Death while the person is a patient or resident of a
facility of the Department of Behavioral and Developmental
Services or residential care facility maintained or licensed
by the Department of Human Services, unless clearly
certifiable by an attending physician as due to specific
natural causes;

 
F. Death suspected of being due to a threat to the public
health when the authority of the medical examiner is needed
to adequately study the case for the protection of the
public health;

 
G. Death suspected of not having been certified, including,
but not limited to, bodies brought into the State and any
buried remains uncovered other than by legal exhumation;

 
H. Deaths suspected of being medical examiner cases which
may have been improperly certified or inadequately examined,
including, but not limited to, bodies brought into the State
under those circumstances;

 
I. Sudden infant death syndrome deaths and all other deaths
of children under the age of 18 unless clearly certifiable
by an attending physician as due to specific natural causes
unrelated to abuse or neglect;


Page 3 of 6 Top of Page Page 5 of 6
Related Pages
  Search Bill Text Legislative Information
Bill Directory Search
Bill
Status
Session Information
119th Legislature Bills Maine Legislature

Office of Legislative Information
100 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
voice: (207) 287-1692
fax: (207) 287-1580
tty: (207) 287-6826
Word Viewer for Windows Disclaimer