NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 207
HOUSE BILL 592

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CORONER AND HEALTH DIRECTOR OF WILSON COUNTY TO ORDER AUTOPSIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Either the Coroner or the County Health Director of Wilson County is hereby authorized to order an autopsy, when the Coroner or Health Director deems it in the public interest, in those instances where death occurs as specified in G.S. 152-7; G.S. 130-198, and as specified in G.S. 130-200.  This act shall not be construed as restricting or impairing the authority of the medical examiner as authorized in G.S. 90-217 and Article 21, Chapter 130 of the General Statutes.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of April, 1971.