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| 12 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXAMINATIONS, 9 |
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| 14 | 12 | | INVESTIGATIONS, AND POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION; TO AMEND 10 |
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| 15 | 13 | | THE LAW REQUIRING A POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION WHEN A 11 |
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| 16 | 14 | | DEATH IS BY APPARENT DRUG, ALCOHOL, OR POISON 12 |
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| 17 | 15 | | TOXICITY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13 |
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| 18 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 19 | 17 | | 15 |
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| 20 | 18 | | Subtitle 16 |
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| 21 | 19 | | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING 17 |
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| 22 | 20 | | EXAMINATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND 18 |
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| 23 | 21 | | POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS; AND TO AMEND 19 |
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| 24 | 22 | | THE LAW REQUIRING A POSTMORTEM 20 |
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| 25 | 23 | | EXAMINATION WHEN A DEATH IS BY APPARENT 21 |
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| 26 | 24 | | DRUG, ALCOHOL, OR POISON TOXICITY. 22 |
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| 28 | 26 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24 |
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| 30 | 28 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 12-12-318(a)(3)(B), concerning postmortem 26 |
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| 31 | 29 | | examinations, is amended to read as follows: 27 |
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| 32 | 30 | | (B)(i) The county coroner having jurisdiction where a 28 |
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| 33 | 31 | | death occurs shall submit a decedent to the State Crime Laboratory for a 29 |
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| 34 | 32 | | postmortem examination when the death is by apparent drug, alcohol, or poison 30 |
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| 35 | 33 | | toxicity, unless a significant interval passed while the person was 31 |
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| 36 | 34 | | hospitalized and hospital evaluation is available for review. 32 |
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| 37 | 35 | | (ii) As used in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i) of this 33 |
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| 38 | 36 | | section, "hospitalized" means admitted to a hospital for inpatient treatment. 34 |
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