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• Autopsies at VA Expense

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulation that governs the performance of autopsies on veterans. The proposed rule would correct a cross-reference to VA regulations that authorize certain outpatient and ambulatory care. The proposed rule would also clarify that consent for an autopsy will be implied if 6 months has passed since the decedent's death and there are no objections from the decedent's surviving spouse or next of kin. The proposed rule would also modify current regulations to make the laws of the jurisdiction in which the autopsy will be performed the controlling laws for purposes of determining who has authority to grant permission for the autopsy. The proposed rule would also clarify the authorized purposes of a VA autopsy. Lastly, the proposed...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 75509, December 02, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Veterans Affairs Department

• 28 CFR 549.80 - Authority to conduct autopsies.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 28: Judicial Administration

• Costs Prompt County to Look at Doing Its Own Autopsies

A sharp increase in the cost of autopsies at Erie County Medical Center has prompted Niagara County officials to begin talks about hiring their own medical examiner. The Niagara County Legislature is expected to a ratify a new three-year autopsy contract with Erie County on Tuesday.

• Buffalo News
• December 19, 2011

• 38 CFR 17.170 - Autopsies.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 38: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief

• Legal autopsies: assessing the performance of judges and lawyers through the window of leading contract cases.

I. INTRODUCTION The medical profession enjoys ah evaluative practice for elevating physician performance. It is the autopsy. Literally translated, a...

• Albany Law Review
• Vol. 73 Nbr. 1, September 2009

• Autopsies: Plane Broke Up in Sky

SAO PAULO - Autopsies have revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France disaster victims, injuries that - coupled with the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic - strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air, experts said Wednesday. With more than 400 bits of debris recovered from the ocean's surface, the top French investigator expressed optimism about discovering what brought down Flight 447, but he also called the conditions - far from land in very deep waters - "one of the worst situations ever known in an accident investigation.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• June 18, 2009

• 49 CFR 831.10 - Autopsies.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 49: Transportation

• 32 CFR 935.14 - Autopsies.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 32: National Defense

• Lawmakers Clear Bill to Seal Child Autopsies ; Homicide Victims' Privacy Cited

The privacy rights of parents of slain children won over the rights of the public to review autopsies in a landslide vote Wednesday in the California state Senate. The Deceased Child Victims' Protection and Privacy Act, authored by Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, San Diego Republican, is marked "urgent" and has moved rapidly through the Senate since the slayings of two teenage girls from the San Diego area. The bill won Senate approval in a 29-1 vote Wednesday and now heads for the Assembly.

• The Washington Times
• August 12, 2010

• Panel Oks Bill On Child Autopsies ; Would Seal Evidence

A controversial bill that would allow certain family members of murdered children to seal autopsy-related information passed through the state Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday and may go before the full state Senate this week. As amended, the Deceased Child Victims' Protection and Privacy Act, or Senate Bill 982, would allow biological or adoptive parents, spouses or legal guardians of murdered children under the age of 18 statewide to seal autopsies and related evidence from the public. It gives examples of evidence, such as writings, DVDs or computer information, collected during autopsies. It allows for certain family members to ask for a court hearing if they oppose the information being sealed.

• The Washington Times
• August 10, 2010