2062                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                            Ch. 747

CASES AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B). A detailed
description of the findings written during the progress
of [such] THE autopsy, and the conclusions drawn
[therefrom] FROM THE FINDINGS, shall [thereupon] be filed
in the office of the chief medical examiner, or in the
office of the deputy medical examiner in the county where
the death occurred. A copy of the findings and
conclusions as to the autopsies performed in the several
counties shall also be filed in the office of the chief
medical examiner. Provided, however, [it shall be the
duty of any] A deputy medical examiner [to] MAY call upon
the chief medical examiner or an assistant medical
examiner, or other person authorized and designated by
the chief medical examiner, to make an examination or
perform an autopsy whenever he deems it necessary or
desirable, and it shall be the duty of [said] THE chief
medical examiner or assistant medical examiner to perform
[such] THE examination, except in (such] THOSE cases as a
competent pathologist is so authorized by the chief
medical examiner to perform [such] THE autopsy. The
necessary expenses for transportation of a body for
autopsy by the chief or an assistant medical examiner or
an authorized pathologist and [such] ANY reasonable fee
payable to the authorized pathologist as has been
approved by the chief medical examiner for each autopsy
[such] THE authorized pathologist may perform, shall be
paid by the Comptroller of the State of Maryland out of
the revenues of the Facing Commission, pursuant to the
provisions of § 19 of Article 78B of this Code.

It shall be the duty of the Governor to provide for
[such] THESE payments in the budget for the fiscal year
1957 and [thereafter] EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT, and [such]
THE expenses [shall] MAY not be paid by the Comptroller
unless provision [therefor] FOR IT has been made in the
budget.

[[(B) IF A PERSON DIES SUDDENLY WHEN IN APPARENT
HEALTH OR WHEN UNATTENDED BY A PHYSICIAN, OR IN A
SUSPICIOUS OR UNUSUAL MANNER, AND THE FAMILY OF THE
DECEASED OBJECTS TO THE AUTOPSY ON BONA FIDE RELIGIOUS
GROUNDS, THE AUTOPSY MAY NOT BE PERFORMED UNLESS THE
APPROPRIATE CIRCUIT COURT, FOR COMPELLING REASONS, ORDERS
THE AUTOPSY TO TAKE PLACE.]]

(B) IF THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED OBJECTS TO THE

AUTOPSY ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS, THE AUTOPSY MAY NOT BE
PERFORMED UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
OR HIS DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.