Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 320

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 576

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF DEATHS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 3123(e) of Title 16 of the Delaware Code by adding at the end of the first sentence the following:

"and a toxicology study shall be performed. If a cause of death cannot be determined after the toxicology study is performed, the remains and all reports and/or studies shall be turned over to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for review."

Approved June 29, 1998