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(a) Except as provided in (c) and (d) of this section, the following fees apply to the provision of autopsy reports and photographs under this chapter:
(1) autopsy reports, without photographs, 15 cents a page or the actual cost of copying, whichever is higher;
(2) autopsy photographs, $5 a picture or the actual cost of photographic reproduction, whichever is higher.
(b) Except as provided in (d) of this section, the department will charge the following fees, if the state medical examiner provides personal testimony on an autopsy report in the state medical examiner's official capacity:
(1) an hourly fee to recover the actual salary and benefit costs of the state medical examiner;
(2) the actual costs of travel, per diem, and related expenses to testify.
(c) The department will not charge fees to the following persons requesting copies of autopsy reports, without photographs:
(1) federal, state, or local government agency;
(2) a defendant in a criminal proceeding arising from the decedent's death;
(3) the decedent's immediate family;
(4) the person making final disposition of the decedent's body;
(5) legal representatives of the persons specified under (1) - (4) of this subsection;
(6) any other person, if the department determines that it is in the public interest to waive the fee.
(d) The department will not charge fees to the following persons for autopsy photographs or the state medical examiner's personal testimony:
(1) federal, state, or local government agency;
(2) a defendant in a criminal proceeding arising from the decedent's death.
History: Eff. 4/1/99, Register 149
Authority: AS 09.25.110
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