The Director of the Institute or any prosecutor or trial judge, in coordination with him, may require any qualified physician in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, whenever the circumstances so warrant, to perform an autopsy. Any physician thus approached who refuses to perform said autopsy shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Every physician who performs such autopsies shall immediately send a copy of the protocol of the autopsy performed to the Institute.\nHistory —July 24, 1985, No. 13, p. 689, § 34, retroactive to July 1, 1985.
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