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O.C.G.A. § 45-16-10 — Furnishing information to out-of-state coroners | Georgia Code

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TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 16. Coroners, 45-16-1 through 45-16-80.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

45-16-10. Furnishing information to out-of-state coroners.

Records, papers, or reports concerning the death of a person on file at any hospital, nursing home, or other medical facility in this state shall be available to a coroner of another state if such person was injured in, a resident of, or buried in the county of such coroner in such other state or if such records, papers, or reports are the subject of a subpoena issued by the coroner of another state. The release of such records to the coroner of another state shall not be prohibited by Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50.

(Code 1981, §45-16-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1594, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 559, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Release of medical records.

- Medical facilities in this state may only release non-privileged portions of medical records to out-of-state coroners upon the receipt of: (1) satisfactory proof that the deceased person was a resident of, or buried in, the county of the out-of-state coroner; (2) satisfactory proof that, under the laws of the deceased's own state, the particular coroner's office is a court of record; and (3) a subpoena was issued and served in compliance with Georgia law. 1986 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 86-44.

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