N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-01: Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

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.