Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Death; delete provision from Medical Examiner Act allowing certain nonphysicians to express opinion of occurrence.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare | |
| 2 | 01/30 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2001 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
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.
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