AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Summary

The law revises the duties and definitions for Rhode Island’s Office of State Medical Examiners and requires the office to be nationally accredited. It adds new review teams to examine child deaths and drug‑related overdose deaths. The changes aim to improve death investigations, organ donation handling, and public health reporting.

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