HB2197 Summary

• Adds "pathologist assistant" to the definitions in Arizona Revised Statutes § 11-591 as a person certified by an approved pathologist assistant training program accredited by a national accrediting agency for clinical laboratory sciences.

• Authorizes county medical examiners to allow pathologist assistants to assist with performing autopsies under the direct supervision of a licensed physician who is board certified in forensic pathology, pursuant to county procedures.

• Specifies that pathologist assistants may not certify a cause of death or independently perform an autopsy.

• Removes the definition of "medical information" from statutory definitions.

• Makes minor technical corrections to grammar and statutory cross-references regarding medical examiner powers and duties.