2006 New Hampshire Statutes - Section 611-A:10 Medical Records.

For the purpose of any medical examination into the cause and manner of death, and where medical treatment has been provided to the decedent who is the subject of the examination, upon written request of the chief medical examiner any individual, partnership, association, corporation, institution, or governmental entity which has rendered such treatment shall provide the chief medical examiner with all medical records pertaining to the decedent and the treatment rendered. This section shall not preclude the chief medical examiner or a pathologist designated by the chief medical examiner from directly inspecting or obtaining any medical records pertaining to a case under the jurisdiction of the chief medical examiner. The records shall be promptly provided to the chief medical examiner or the designated pathologist, when such pathologist is acting in the regular course of inquiry or study. When the records are incorporated into the files of the medical examiner or the office of the chief medical examiner they shall be confidential and shall not be available for public inspection.

Source. 1987, 406:13. 1995, 278:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.