By:  Sibley                                            S.B. No. 600
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to requirements regarding certification that a forensic
 1-3     anthropologist must meet in order to assist a medical examiner.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subsection (n), Article 49.10, Code of Criminal
 1-6     Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (n)  On discovering the body of a deceased person in the
 1-8     circumstances described by Article 49.04(a)(3)(B), the medical
 1-9     examiner may request the aid of a forensic anthropologist in the
1-10     examination of the body.  The forensic anthropologist must be
1-11     eligible for board certification [board-certified] by a nationally
1-12     recognized association that accredits practitioners in the forensic
1-13     sciences.  The forensic anthropologist shall attempt to establish
1-14     whether the body is of a human or animal, whether evidence of
1-15     childbirth, injury, or disease exists, and the sex, race, age,
1-16     stature, and physical anomalies of the body.  The forensic
1-17     anthropologist may also attempt to establish the cause, manner, and
1-18     time of death.
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.