2013 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 130A - Public Health.
Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.
Section 130A-399 - Postmortem examination of inmates of certain public institutions.
130A-399. Postmortem examination of inmates of certain public institutions.
Upon the death of any inmate of an institution maintained by the State, or a city, county or other political subdivision of the State, for the care of the sick, mentally ill or mentally retarded, the administrator of the institution in which the death occurs is empowered to authorize a postmortem examination of the deceased person. The examination shall be of a scope and nature necessary to promote knowledge of the human organism and its disorders. (1943, c. 87, s. 1; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.)
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