FL S0620

Prohibits counties or district medical examiners from charging the public fees for examinations, investigations, or autopsies performed to determine cause of death in cases under medical examiner jurisdiction per s. 406.11(1)

Allows counties to charge a medical examiner approval fee up to $50 (or a higher amount established by February 17, 2016) when a body is to be cremated, buried at sea, or dissected

The approval fee option is only available to counties that issued more than 3,000 such approvals during the previous calendar year

The approval fee cannot be charged for deaths involving circumstances listed in s. 406.11(1)(a), which fall under medical examiner jurisdiction

Effective date of October 1, 2016