AN ACT REQUIRING THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER TO ESTABLISH A MEDICAL EXAMINER TRAINING PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES TRAINING REGARDING SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN EPILEPSY DURING MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATIONS. Enacted August 11, 2015. Effective January 1, 2016.
THE WILLIAM C. LINDLEY, JR. SUDEP LAW.
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AN ACT REQUIRING THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER TO ESTABLISH A MEDICAL EXAMINER TRAINING PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES TRAINING REGARDING SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN EPILEPSY DURING MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATIONS.Intro. by Riddell.
Bill History:
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 House: Filed(link is external)
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Wed, 15 Apr 2015 House: Passed 1st Reading(link is external)
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Wed, 15 Apr 2015 House: Passed 1st Reading(link is external)
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Wed, 15 Apr 2015 House: Ref To Com On Health(link is external)
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Mon, 27 Apr 2015 House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute(link is external)
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Mon, 27 Apr 2015 House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)(link is external)
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Mon, 27 Apr 2015 House: Added to Calendar(link is external)
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Mon, 27 Apr 2015 House: Passed 2nd Reading(link is external)
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Mon, 27 Apr 2015 House: Passed 3rd Reading(link is external)
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Tue, 28 Apr 2015 House: Regular Message Sent To Senate(link is external)
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Tue, 28 Apr 2015 Senate: Regular Message Received From House(link is external)
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Tue, 28 Apr 2015 Senate: Passed 1st Reading(link is external)
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Thu, 7 May 2015 Senate: Withdrawn From Com(link is external)
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Tue, 30 Jun 2015 Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute(link is external)
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Tue, 30 Jun 2015 Senate: Com Substitute Adopted(link is external)
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Tue, 30 Jun 2015 Senate: Re-ref Com On Judiciary II(link is external)
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Thu, 16 Jul 2015 Senate: Reptd Fav(link is external)
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Mon, 20 Jul 2015 Senate: Withdrawn From Cal(link is external)
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Mon, 20 Jul 2015 Senate: Placed On Cal For 07/23/2015(link is external)
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Thu, 23 Jul 2015 Senate: Withdrawn From Cal(link is external)
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Thu, 23 Jul 2015 Senate: Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015(link is external)
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Tue, 28 Jul 2015 Senate: Amend Adopted A1(link is external)
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Tue, 28 Jul 2015 Senate: Passed 2nd Reading(link is external)
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Tue, 28 Jul 2015 Senate: Passed 3rd Reading(link is external)
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Tue, 28 Jul 2015 Engrossed(link is external)
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Wed, 29 Jul 2015 Senate: Regular Message Sent To House(link is external)
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Thu, 30 Jul 2015 House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)(link is external)
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Thu, 30 Jul 2015 House: Placed On Cal For 08/03/2015(link is external)
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Mon, 3 Aug 2015 House: Concurred In S/Com Sub(link is external)
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Mon, 3 Aug 2015 House: Ordered Enrolled(link is external)
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Tue, 4 Aug 2015 Ratified(link is external)
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Wed, 5 Aug 2015 Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2015(link is external)
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Tue, 11 Aug 2015 Signed by Gov. 8/11/2015(link is external)
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Tue, 11 Aug 2015 Ch. SL 2015-211(link is external)
Bill Summaries:
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Bill H 814 (2015-2016)Summary date: Aug 12 2015 - View Summary
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Bill H 814 (2015-2016)Summary date: Jul 28 2015 - View Summary
Senate amendment makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.
Makes a technical correction in GS 130A-382.
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Bill H 814 (2015-2016)Summary date: Jun 30 2015 - View Summary
Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.
Amends GS 130A-382 to provide that the Chief Medical Examiner must appoint two or more (previously, was required to appoint one or more) county medical examiners for each county for a three-year term.
Makes clarifying changes.
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Bill H 814 (2015-2016)Summary date: Apr 27 2015 - View Summary
House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Deletes the proposed changes to GS 130A-379 and GS 130A-385.
Amends GS 130A-382 to require county medical examiners to complete annual continuing education training that includes training on sudden unexplained death in epilepsy, with newly appointed examiners required to complete the training within 90 days of their appointment. Requires guidelines to be published and annually updated on the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's website. Allows revoking a county medical examiner's appointment for failure to adequately perform office duties after giving written notice of the basis for the revocation and an opportunity to respond.
Changes the act's effective date from October 1, 2015, to January 1, 2016.
Changes the act's long title.
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Bill H 814 (2015-2016)Summary date: Apr 16 2015 - View Summary
Includes whereas clauses.
Amends GS 130A-379 to require the Chief Medical Examiner to establish a sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) training program to educate medical examiners, and standard protocols governing medicolegal death investigations involving seizure disorders in order to identify SUDEP as a known or suspected cause of death.
Amends GS 130A-385 to require the Chief Medical Examiner's inquiries about the cause and manner of death for each death under investigation to include an inquiry to determine if death was a result of a seizure or epilepsy. Specifies actions that must be taken if the autopsy findings are consistent with the definition of known or suspected sudden unexplained death in epilepsy. Makes language gender-neutral.
Effective October 1, 2015.
House committee substitute to the 1st edition changed the long title. Original long title was AN ACT REQUIRING THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER TO ESTABLISH A MEDICAL EXAMINER TRAINING PROGRAM AND STANDARD PROTOCOLS GOVERNING THE INVESTIGATION OF SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN EPILEPSY DURING MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATIONS.