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(b) The state medical examiner may place a hold the remains of a deceased person at a funeral home, hospital, or other site approved by the state medical examiner if the medicolegal death investigator was unable to answer some investigative questions when the investigator completed the initial death report. (c) If the state medical examiner declines jurisdiction, and the remains of the deceased person will be released directly from the scene, the following applies:

(1) if the person died at home, and the family was present, the remains will be released directly to the family;

(2) if the person died at home, and no family was present, the remains will be released to the investigating agency;

(3) if the person died in a hospital, the remains will be released to that hospital. (Eff. 8/20/2020, Register 235) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 12.65.015 AS 12.65.020 AS 12.65.040 Editor’s note: The Authorization for Release of Remains form, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 35.350 is available at the State Medical Examiner Office at 5455 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99507; telephone: (907) 334-2200; fax: (907) 334-2216; e-mail: medical.examiner@alaska.gov; Internet address: http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Medical Examiner/Pages/default.aspx. 7 AAC 35.360. Viewing the remains. The remains of a deceased person may not be viewed while in the custody of the department as part of a medicolegal death investigation or under the jurisdiction of the state medical examiner as part of a medical death investigation. (Eff. 8/20/2020, Register 235) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 12.65.020 AS 12.65.040