VA HB381

Requires the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to provide written notification to next of kin, authorized persons, or funeral service establishments when a whole organ has been retained from a deceased body during an investigation or autopsy

Written notification must be provided upon transfer of the body for disposition purposes

Funeral service establishments or licensees receiving such notification must pass the written notice to the decedent's next of kin or other authorized persons

Funeral service establishments and licensees are granted immunity from liability for failure to provide notification unless the failure resulted from malicious intent

Amends § 32.1-309.1 of the Code of Virginia relating to investigation or autopsy of dead bodies by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner