AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 4 of section 23-01-05.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the disclosure of an autopsy report; and to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 11-19.1-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorizing the coroner and the state forensic examiner to disclose autopsy reports to the department of corrections and rehabilitation.

Coroners are now required to disclose copies of autopsy reports to the state forensic examiner.

Amended existing confidentiality rules to explicitly allow disclosure of autopsy reports to the department of corrections and rehabilitation for inspection purposes.

The department of corrections and rehabilitation is authorized to receive autopsy reports and related materials when the decedent was an inmate in a county, regional, or state correctional facility.