Organ donation-training and timely postmortem examinations.

2018
STATE OF WYOMING
18LSO-0020
ENGROSSED
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SENATE FILE

NO.
SF0043

Organ donation-training and timely postmortem examinations.

Sponsored by:
Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to anatomical gifts; requiring training on the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act for coroners and district attorneys; specifying that autopsies or postmortem examinations shall comply with Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act requirements; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 7
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103(a) by creating a new paragraph (iii), 7
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201(b)
(iii
), 7
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209 by creating a new subsection (d), 7
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211(c)
(iii)
, 9
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702(g), 9
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804

by creating a new subsection (d)
, 35
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418(c), 35
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221
(b)
and 35
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5
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222
(f)
are amended to read:

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103.

Certification requirements; penalty; expenses.

(a)

After January 5, 1987, no person shall continue in office as county coroner or deputy coroner unless he has been certified under W.S. 9
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634 as having completed:

(iii)

Not less than four (4) hours of training on the
Revised
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, W.S.

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20
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t
hrough
35
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225. Training shall be obtained from a Wyoming organ procurement organization
,
including an eye bank serving Wyoming
,

proficient in the
requirements
of organ
, eye and tissue
donation.

7
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4
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201.

Reports of death; investigation; summoning of jurors; fees and costs; inspection of medical records.

(b)

When the coroner is notified that the dead body of any person has been found within the limits of the county or that the death resulted from injury sustained within the county and he suspects that the death is a coroner's case, he shall
conduct an investigation
which may include:

(iii)

An autopsy

pursuant to W.S.

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209
if the physician appointed to assist the coroner under this subsection determines an autopsy is necessary;

7
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4
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209.

Postmortem examination;
compliance with
Revised
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act;
liability limitation.

(d)

Any
autopsy or postmortem examination shall comply with the requirements of the
Revised
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, W.S.

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hrough
35
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225.

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211.

Board of coroner standards.

(c)

The board shall:

(iii)

Promulgate educational and training requirements for coroner basic and continuing education requirements and review those requirements annually
. Requirements shall
include training pursuant to
W.S.

7
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4
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103(a)(iii)
;

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702.

Created; membership; removal; compensation; meetings; publication of procedures; standards for certified training; powers and duties.

(g)

The commission shall

cooperate with the board of coroner standards to
establish course requirements and continuing education requirements for coroner training.
Requirements shall include training pursuant to W.S.

7
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4
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103(a)(iii).

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804.

Duties and powers generally; employment of deputy and assistant district attorneys and other necessary personnel.

(d)

Each district attorney shall complete and certify that each
deputy,
assistant

and
part-time
district attorney completes n
ot less than four (4) hours of training on the
Revised
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, W.S.

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5
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20
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t
hrough
35
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5
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225. Training shall be obtained from a
Wyoming

organ procurement organization
,
including an eye bank serving Wyoming
,

proficient in the
requirements
of organ
, eye and tissue
donation.

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1
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418.

Death registration.

(c)

The medical certification shall be completed and signed within a reasonable time after death by the primary health care provider in charge of the patient's care for the illness or condition which resulted in death, except when inquiry is required by the postmortem examination. If the death occurred without medical attendance or if the primary health care provider last in attendance refuses or for any reason fails to sign the certificate immediately, the funeral director or person acting as funeral director shall notify the appropriate local registrar. In that event the local registrar shall inform the local health officer and refer the case to him for immediate investigation and certification of cause of death prior to issuing a permit for burial, cremation or other disposition of the body. If the circumstances of the case suggest that the death was caused by other than natural causes, the local registrar shall refer the case to the coroner for investigation and certification. The coroner shall examine the body and consider the history of the case, and obtain the assistance and advice of a competent physician who will assist the coroner in determining the cause of death by examination of
the body, autopsy, inquest or other procedure determined necessary

and i
n a manner compatible with
anatomical gift
preservation
according to W.S.

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221 and 35
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222
. The nonmedical coroner shall not diagnose the cause of death without the assistance and advice of a competent physician, advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant. The coroner or local health officer shall complete and sign the medical certification within a reasonable time after taking charge of the case.

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221.

Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization.

(b)

If a coroner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner and a post-mortem examination is going to be performed

pursuant to W.S.

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, unless the coroner denies recovery in accordance with W.S.

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222, the coroner or designee shall conduct a post-mortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a

period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.

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222.

Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner.

(f)

The coroner and procurement organization shall enter into an agreement establishing protocols and procedures governing relations between them when the coroner believes that the recovery of a part for anatomical gift from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner could interfere with the post-mortem investigation

into the decedent's cause or manner of death

conducted pursuant to W.S.

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209
or the documentation or preservation of evidence. Decisions regarding the recovery of
a part from
the decedent shall be made in accordance with the agreement.

Section
2
.

This act is effective July 1, 201
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(END)

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