North Dakota Code 11-19.1-01 – Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 11-19.1-01
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. “Autopsy” means the inspection or dissection of a deceased human body and retention of organs, tissue, or fluids for diagnostic, educational, public health, or research purposes.
2. “Casualty” means death arising from accidental or unusual means.
3. “City” means a city organized under the laws of this state.
4. “Physician” includes physicians and surgeons licensed under chapter 43-17.
5. “Reportable circumstances” includes one or more of the following factors:
a. Obvious or suspected homicidal, suicidal, or accidental injury; b. Firearm injury; c. Severe, unexplained injury; d. Occupant or pedestrian motor vehicle injury; e. An injury to a minor; f. Fire, chemical, electrical, or radiation; g. Starvation; h. Unidentified or skeletonized human remains; i. Drowning; j. Suffocation, smothering, or strangulation; k. Poisoning or illegal drug use; l. Prior child abuse or neglect assessment concerns; m. Open child protection service case on the victim; n. Victim is in the custody of the department of health and human services, county social services, the department of corrections and rehabilitation or other correctional facility, or law enforcement; o. Unexplained death or death in an undetermined manner; p. Suspected sexual assault; or q. Any other suspicious factor.