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                                           SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 215

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Haugen, L. Smith, Bumgarner, Cooper, Rayburn, Brough, Patrick, Lewis, Zellinsky, Madsen, Moyer, Brooks and P. King)

Read first time 2/25/87 and passed to Committee on Rules.

AN ACT Relating to county death investigations; and adding a new section to chapter 68.08 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 68.08 RCW to read as follows:

          A county coroner or county medical examiner or persons acting in that capacity shall be immune from tort liability for determining the cause and manner of death.  The accuracy of the determinations is subject to judicial review.