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HB 539, 54th R.S.
Relating to enabling counties having a population of two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) or more to establish the office of Medical Examiner; providing qualifications; providing for salaries, necessary staff and facilities; requiring death investigations and reports in certain circumstances; prohibiting removal of dead bodies in certain circumstances; providing for autopsies and disinterments in certain cases; providing for restrictions on cremations; requiring the keeping of records.

Author: Robert W. Baker
Coauthor: Joseph Edwin Winfree, Sr. | James Watson Yancy, Jr. | Joe Pyle | Charles Alfred Murphy, Jr. | Carlton Moore, Sr. | William Marshall "Bill" Elliott | Clinton Stanley Banks, Jr.

Session Law Chapter:
Acts 1955, 54th R.S.,ch. 159, General and Special Laws of Texas

Subjects:
County Government--Employees/Officers
Health Care Providers


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