[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 24537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9842]


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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.

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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 [email protected].

John H. Laub,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2012-9842 Filed 4-23-12; 8:45 am]
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