Bill Text: NY A06902 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes records of bodies of deceased persons to be kept by electronic log.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-09-23 - signed chap.520 [A06902 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06902-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6902--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 5, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on  Health -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules
         Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
         recommitted to the Committee on Rules
       AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to records of bodies
         of deceased persons
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 4212 of the public health law, as
    2  amended by chapter 180 of the laws  of  2004,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the person having lawful possession,
    5  charge, custody or control of bodies of  deceased  persons,  to  keep  a
    6  record  in  a  bound  book OR AN ELECTRONIC LOG of any and all bodies of
    7  deceased persons thereafter coming into his or her  possession,  charge,
    8  custody  or  control and of the disposition made of said bodies, showing
    9  (a) the name of the deceased person, if known, (b) the  dates  of  death
   10  and  burial  or  other  lawful  disposition, if known, (c) the names and
   11  places of residence of relatives of the deceased person, if  known,  (d)
   12  the  name  of the person who claimed the body of the deceased person for
   13  interment or other lawful disposition, (e) the name of  the  university,
   14  college, school or institute to whom the body of the deceased person was
   15  delivered  or  released,  and  (f) the opposition of the deceased to the
   16  dissection or autopsy of his or her body as indicated by an  identifica-
   17  tion card carried upon his or her person. This record book OR ELECTRONIC
   18  LOG  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of the officers and agents of
   19  universities, colleges, schools or institutes entitled to receive bodies
   20  of deceased persons.  ANY ELECTRONIC LOG KEPT PURSUANT TO THIS  SUBDIVI-
   21  SION SHALL PRESERVE A RECORD OF ANY ADDITION, DELETION OR CHANGE MADE IN
   22  SUCH LOG.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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