Year: 2010
Resolution Number: 2
Action Taken: Referred to the Board
Status:
Author(s): James W. Gell, MD
Sponsor: Thomas S. Markus, MD, MI Section, American College of OB/GYN
On behalf of:
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS seek legislation or regulations requiring that an autopsy be performed when a death occurs that meets the Michigan state criteria for a pregnancy related death, which is the death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of duration or site of pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes.
RESOLVED: That MSMS seek legislation or regulations requiring that an autopsy be performed when a death occurs that meets the Michigan state criteria for a pregnancy related death, which is the death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of duration or site of pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Maternal Mortality and Autopsies