39-277. AUTOPSIES FOR SUSPECTED CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE. When an attending physician or hospital has reported to the department of health and welfare that Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) or variant CJD is suspected in relation to a person’s death, the state epidemiologist, as designated pursuant to department rule, shall cause to be performed an autopsy of the body, provided a definitive diagnosis has not been made prior to death and provided further that the person or persons having the highest authority under the provisions of section 54-1142, Idaho Code, do not refuse the performance of such autopsy. The state epidemiologist, in ordering an autopsy pursuant to this section, shall require the person or entity performing the autopsy to report the findings of such autopsy to the department of health and welfare.
History:
[39-277, added 2006, ch. 241, sec. 1, p. 735.]
Structure Idaho Code
Section 39-240 - SHORT TITLE — LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Section 39-242 - DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
Section 39-243 - STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Section 39-244 - DUTIES OF STATE REGISTRAR.
Section 39-245 - CERTIFICATE FORMS.
Section 39-245A - CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH — MATERIAL FACTS INCLUDED — AMENDMENTS.
Section 39-246 - LOCAL REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.
Section 39-247 - LOCAL REGISTRATION OFFICERS.
Section 39-248 - OTHER EMPLOYEES.
Section 39-249 - TRANSMITTAL OF CERTIFICATES AND LOCAL RECORDS.
Section 39-251 - COMPENSATION OF LOCAL REGISTRARS.
Section 39-252 - FEE FOR COPIES, SEARCHES AND OTHER SERVICES — DEATH CERTIFICATES.
Section 39-253 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES.
Section 39-254 - PAYMENT OF FEES TO LOCAL REGISTRATION OFFICERS.
Section 39-255 - REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS.
Section 39-256 - REGISTRATION OF FOUNDLINGS.
Section 39-259 - ADOPTION OF PERSONS BORN IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Section 39-260 - REGISTRATION OF DEATHS AND STILLBIRTHS.
Section 39-261 - INDUCED ABORTION REPORTING FORMS — COMPILATIONS.
Section 39-262 - REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE — MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES FILED.
Section 39-263 - MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES.
Section 39-265 - REGISTRATION OF DIVORCES — ANNULMENTS OF MARRIAGE.
Section 39-266 - FEE FOR COURT CLERK.
Section 39-267 - DELAYED REGISTRATION.
Section 39-268 - AUTHORIZATION FOR FINAL DISPOSITION.
Section 39-269 - DISINTERMENT — RULES.
Section 39-270 - DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.
Section 39-271 - RECORDS OF INSTITUTIONS.
Section 39-272 - DUTIES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
Section 39-274 - EVIDENTIARY CHARACTER OF RECORDS AND COPIES OF RECORDS.
Section 39-275 - APPLICABILITY.
Section 39-276 - UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION.
Section 39-277 - AUTOPSIES FOR SUSPECTED CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE.
Section 39-278 - PROCEDURE FOR DELAYED REGISTRATION OR AMENDMENT OF VITAL RECORD.