Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

House Bill 671

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Title

Description: Death; delete provision from Medical Examiner Act allowing certain nonphysicians to express opinion of occurrence.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
2 01/30 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2001
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committee:

Principal Author: Compretta

Code Section: A 041-0061-0061

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-61-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS, FOR LIMITED PURPOSES UNDER THAT ACT, NURSES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND OTHER COMPETENT PERSONS TO EXPRESS AN OPINION THAT A DEATH HAS OCCURRED, IN THE ABSENCE OF A PHYSICIAN; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 01/30/01 at 18:19.

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