§ 4045. Authority to conduct autopsies

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1986

   Criminal Law and Procedure Technical Amendments Act of 1986

   Pub. L. 99–646 § 67(a) · 100 Stat. 3592

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 4045

   (Added Pub. L. 99–646, § 67(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3616.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 99–646, § 67(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3616.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 4044. Donations on behalf of the Bureau of Prisons “The Attorney General may, in accordance with rules prescribed by the Attorney General, accept in the name of the Department of Justice any form of devise, bequest, gift or donation of money or property for use by the Bureau of Prisons or Federal Prison Industries. The Attorney General may take all appropriate steps to secure possession of such property and may sell, assign, transfer, or convey such property other than money. “§ 4045. Authority to conduct autopsies “A chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional facility may, pursuant to rules prescribed by the Director, order an autopsy and related scientific or medical tests to be performed on the body of a deceased inmate of the facility in the event of homicide, suicide, fatal illness or accident, or unexplained death, when it is determined that such autopsy or test is necessary to detect a crime, maintain discipline, protect the health or safety of other inmates, remedy official misconduct, or defend the United States or its employees from civil liability arising from the administration of the facility. To the extent consistent with the needs of the autopsy or of specific scientific or medical tests, provisions of State and local law protecting religious beliefs with respect to such autopsies shall be observed. Such officer may also order an autopsy or postmortem operation, including removal of tissue for transplanting, to be performed on the body of a deceased inmate of the facility, with the written consent of a person authorized to permit such an autopsy or postmortem operation under the law of the State in which the facility is located.”.

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