N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 7651.30

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 7651.30 - Inmate mortality

(a) The department shall report the death of every inmate on its official count of inmates to the commission by telephone within six hours of pronouncement of death in a form and manner prescribed by the commission.

(b) Each facility shall mail a certified copy of every deceased inmate's entire departmental health care record to the commission within 10 days of death.

(c) Each facility shall immediately report the death of every inmate on its official count of inmates to the coroner or medical examiner having jurisdiction in the place where such inmate is pronounced dead.

(d) The department shall not, absent approval of identifiable next of kin, dispose of inmate remains by cremation.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 7651.30

Renumbered from subtitle AA of chapter V New York State Register April 11, 2018/Volume XL, Issue 15, eff. 4/11/2018