Bill Summary for H 814 (2015-2016)

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Apr 16 2015

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 814 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 14, 2015
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.

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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.