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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2844a Dental examination of dead body; forwarding records to law enforcement agency; entering information into national crime information center; cancellation of information.

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978


333.2844a Dental examination of dead body; forwarding records to law enforcement agency; entering information into national crime information center; cancellation of information.

Sec. 2844a.

(1) In deaths investigated by the county medical examiner or deputy county medical examiner where he or she is not able to establish the identity of the dead body by visual means, fingerprints, or other identifying data, the county medical examiner or deputy county medical examiner may have a qualified dentist, as determined by the county medical examiner or deputy county medical examiner, carry out a dental examination of the dead body. If the county medical examiner or deputy county medical examiner, with the aid of the dental examination and other identifying findings, is still not able to establish the identity of the dead body, the county medical examiner or deputy county medical examiner shall forward the dental examination records to the appropriate law enforcement agency. The law enforcement agency shall enter the information from the dental examination records into the national crime information center pursuant to section 8 of Act No. 319 of the Public Acts of 1968, being section 28.258 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(2) If a person reported missing has not been found within 30 days, the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation for the missing person shall request the family or next of kin of the missing person to give them written consent to contact and request from the dentist of the missing person the person's dental records. The information from the dental records of the missing person shall be entered into the national crime information center by the law enforcement agency pursuant to section 8 of Act No. 319 of the Public Acts of 1968.

(3) If a person reported missing has been found, the law enforcement agency that entered the information under subsection (2) shall cancel the information.


History: Add. 1980, Act 418, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1981 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 149, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1990
Popular Name: Act 368



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