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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 611

OR SUBSCRIPTION OR OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT, OF THE CONSUMER
COOPERATIVE, A COPY OF THESE DOCUMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO
ANY INDIVIDUAL WISHING TO PURCHASE A MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE
PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL PURCHASE.

(D) THE CHARTER OR BYLAWS OF A CONSUMER COOPERATIVE
SHALL CONTAIN A STATEMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF A MEMBER IF THE
MEMBERSHIP IS TERMINATED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION. A MEMBER WHOSE MEMBERSHIP IS TERMINATED UNDER
SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE NOT
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THE MEMBERSHIP.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 612

(House Bill 1155)

AN ACT concerning

Fire Fighters — Autopsies

FOR the purpose of requiring a certain procedure to be
performed on certain firemen fire fighters who die in
the line of duty.

BY adding to

Article 22 — Postmortem Examiners

Section 7 (c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1973 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 22 — Postmortem Examiners

7.

(C) AN AUTOPSY OF A FIREMAN FIRE FIGHTER WHO DIES IN

THE LINE OF DUTY, OTHER THAN BY A PHYSICAL INJURY, SHALL

INCLUDE A TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS FOR TOXIC FUMES. THE
ANALYSIS SHALL BE SUFFICIENT FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR

BENEFITS UNDER COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS

BENEFITS ACT OF 1976.