N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-01
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11-19.1-01. Definitions
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11-19.1-01. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Autopsy" means the inspection or dissection of a deceased human body and
retention of organs, tissue, or fluids for diagnostic, educational, public health, or
research purposes.
2. "Casualty" means death arising from accidental or unusual means.
3. "City" means a city organized under the laws of this state.
4. "Physician" includes physicians and surgeons licensed under chapter 43-17.
5. "Reportable circumstances" includes one or more of the following factors:
a. Obvious or suspected homicidal, suicidal, or accidental injury;
b. Firearm injury;
c. Severe, unexplained injury;
d. Occupant or pedestrian motor vehicle injury;
e. An injury to a minor;
f. Fire, chemical, electrical, or radiation;
g. Starvation;
h. Unidentified or skeletonized human remains;
i. Drowning;
j. Suffocation, smothering, or strangulation;
k. Poisoning or illegal drug use;
l. Prior child abuse or neglect assessment concerns;
m. Open child protection service case on the victim;
n. Victim is in the custody of the department of health and human services, county
social services, the department of corrections and rehabilitation or other
correctional facility, or law enforcement;
o. Unexplained death or death in an undetermined manner;
p. Suspected sexual assault; or
q. Any other suspicious factor.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Autopsy" means the inspection or dissection of a deceased human body and
retention of organs, tissue, or fluids for diagnostic, educational, public health, or
research purposes.
2. "Casualty" means death arising from accidental or unusual means.
3. "City" means a city organized under the laws of this state.
4. "Physician" includes physicians and surgeons licensed under chapter 43-17.
5. "Reportable circumstances" includes one or more of the following factors:
a. Obvious or suspected homicidal, suicidal, or accidental injury;
b. Firearm injury;
c. Severe, unexplained injury;
d. Occupant or pedestrian motor vehicle injury;
e. An injury to a minor;
f. Fire, chemical, electrical, or radiation;
g. Starvation;
h. Unidentified or skeletonized human remains;
i. Drowning;
j. Suffocation, smothering, or strangulation;
k. Poisoning or illegal drug use;
l. Prior child abuse or neglect assessment concerns;
m. Open child protection service case on the victim;
n. Victim is in the custody of the department of health and human services, county
social services, the department of corrections and rehabilitation or other
correctional facility, or law enforcement;
o. Unexplained death or death in an undetermined manner;
p. Suspected sexual assault; or
q. Any other suspicious factor.
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