Iowa Code § 144.57
Public safety officer death — required notice — autopsy
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2019
As of January 1, 2012
A person who is authorized to pronounce individuals dead is required to inform one of the persons authorized to request an autopsy, as provided in section 144.56, that an autopsy will be required if the individual who died was a public safety officer* who may have died in the line of duty and an eligible beneficiary of the deceased seeks to claim a federal public safety officer death benefit.*
A person who is authorized to pronounce individuals dead is required to inform one of the persons authorized to request an autopsy, as provided in section 144.56, that an autopsy will be required if the individual who died was a public safety officer who may have died in the line of duty and an eligible beneficiary of the deceased seeks to claim a federal public safety officer death benefit.*
*Public safety officers’ death benefits, see 42 U.S.C. §3796 et seq.
*Public safety officers’ death benefits, see 34 U.S.C. §10281
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