Rhode Island HB 5473: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Allows legal guardians to notify the medical examiner that the performance of an autopsy was against a family's religious beliefs. Friends, without legal status, would no longer be able to provide this information.)

Status: 05/24/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study (as of 2017-05-24)

State: Rhode Island · Session: 2017 · Bill: HB 5473

Subjects: Dept. of Health, Health & Safety, Guardians/Conservators, Medical, Religion, Death

Sponsors: Bennett, Hull, Kazarian, Maldonado, Slater

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