Current through Chapter 381 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 611-B:14 - Survey of LocationI. Before a body is removed or disturbed, the medical examiner shall make or cause to be made a careful survey of the body and its surroundings, and reduce or cause to be reduced to writing an accurate and detailed description of the location, position, and condition of the body and any other facts concerning the body or its surroundings that will aid in determining the cause and manner of death. II. A body shall not be altered or disturbed, personal effects shall not be removed or altered, and physical or biological evidence, including samples of blood and other body fluids for analysis, shall not be obtained or collected from the body, without the permission of the medical examiner. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.