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shall be performed; requiring certain investigations under
certain circumstances; specifying the sufficiency of these
autopsies for certain purposes; setting forth certain
provisions for informational purposes; and generally
relating to the performance of autopsies on fire fighters
who die in the line of duty or as a result of injuries
sustained in the line of duty.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments

Article - Health - General

Section 5-309

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General

Section 5-310

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter 246 of

the Acts of 1984)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

5-309.

(a) (1) A medical examiner shall investigate the death of a
human being if the death occurs:

(i) By violence;

(ii) By suicide;

(iii) By casualty;

(iv) Suddenly, if the deceased was in apparent
good health or unattended by a physician; or

(v) In any suspicious or unusual manner.

(2) A medical examiner shall investigate the death of
a human fetus if:

(i) Regardless of the duration of the
pregnancy, the death occurs before the complete expulsion or
extraction of the fetus from the mother; and