Records, papers, or reports concerning the death of a person on file at any hospital, nursing home, or other medical facility in this state shall be available to a coroner of another state if such person was injured in, a resident of, or buried in the county of such coroner in such other state or if such records, papers, or reports are the subject of a subpoena issued by the coroner of another state. The release of such records to the coroner of another state shall not be prohibited by Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50.
(Code 1981, §45-16-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1594, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 559, § 1.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Release of medical records.
- Medical facilities in this state may only release non-privileged portions of medical records to out-of-state coroners upon the receipt of: (1) satisfactory proof that the deceased person was a resident of, or buried in, the county of the out-of-state coroner; (2) satisfactory proof that, under the laws of the deceased's own state, the particular coroner's office is a court of record; and (3) a subpoena was issued and served in compliance with Georgia law. 1986 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 86-44.