Title: Medical Examiners

Summary: Clarifying the circumstances under which a case must be referred to the district medical examiner for an investigation and determination of cause of death; prohibiting medical examiners from charging user fees for specified services involving a determination of cause of death, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to medical examiners; amending s. 382.011, F.S.; clarifying the circumstances under which a case must be referred to the district medical examiner for an investigation and determination of cause of death; amending s. 406.06, F.S.; prohibiting medical examiners from charging user fees for specified services involving a determination of cause of death; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 382.011, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 382.011 Medical examiner determination of cause of death.  (1) In the case of a any death or fetal death involving any of the circumstances due to causes or conditions listed in s. 406.11(1) 406.11,which an ydeath tha toccurred more than months after the decedent was last treated by a primary or attending physician identified as defined in s. 382.008(3), or any death for which there is reason to believe that the death may have been due to an unlawful act or neglect, the funeral director or other person to whose attention the death may come shall refer the case to the district medical examiner of the county in which the death occurred or the body was found for investigation and determination of the cause of death. Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 406.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 406.06 District medical examiners; associates; suspension of medical examiners.  (3) District medical examiners and associate medical examiners are shall be entitled to compensation and such reasonable salary and fees as are established by the board of county commissioners in the respective districts;however, a medical examiner or a county may not charge a user fee for an examination, investigation, or autopsy performed pursuant to s. 406.11.Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.