77 FR 79 pg. 24537 - Draft Standards and Best Practices for Interaction Between Medical Examiner/Coroner and Organ and Tissue Procurement Organizations

Type: NOTICEVolume: 77Number: 79Page: 24537
Docket number: [OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1589]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-9842 Filed 4-23-12; 8:45 am]
Agency: Justice Department
Sub Agency: Office of Justice Programs
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1589]

Draft Standards and Best Practices for Interaction Between Medical Examiner/Coroner and Organ and Tissue Procurement Organizations

AGENCY:

National Institute of Justice, DOJ.

ACTION:

Notice and request for comments.

SUMMARY:

In an effort to obtain comments from interested parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, Scientific Working Group for Medicolegal Death Investigation will make available to the general public a document entitled, "Organ and Tissue Procurement Committee Standards and Best Practices for Interaction Between Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices and Organ Tissue Procurement Organizations". The opportunity to provide comments on this document is open to coroner/medical examiner office representatives, law enforcement agencies, organizations, and all other stakeholders and interested parties. Those individuals wishing to obtain and provide comments on the draft document under consideration are directed to the following Web site: http://www.swgmdi.org.

DATES:

Comments must be received on or before May 12, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia Kashtan, by telephone at 202-353-1856 [ Note: this is not a toll-free telephone number], or by email at Patricia.Kashtan@usdoj.gov.

John H. Laub,

Director, National Institute of Justice.

[FR Doc. 2012-9842 Filed 4-23-12; 8:45 am]

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