[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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