979.015 Subpoena for documents. Upon the request of the coroner, medical examiner or district attorney, a court shall issue a subpoena requiring the production of documents necessary for the determination of a decedent's cause of death. The documents may include the decedent's patient health care records and treatment records, as defined in ss. 51.30 and 146.81 (4). The documents shall be returnable to the officer named in the subpoena.
History: 1983 a. 279.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 979 - Investigation of deaths.
979.01 - Reporting deaths required; penalty; taking specimens by coroner or medical examiner.
979.012 - Reporting deaths of public health concern.
979.015 - Subpoena for documents.
979.025 - Autopsy of correctional inmate.
979.03 - Autopsy for sudden infant death syndrome.
979.04 - Inquests: when called.
979.07 - Incriminating testimony compelled; immunity.
979.08 - Inquests: instructions, burden of proof and verdict.
979.11 - Compensation of officers.
979.12 - Fees for morgue services.
979.22 - Autopsies and toxicological services by medical examiners.