123STA T . 2 90 0 PUBLIC LA W 111 –87—O CT. 30 , 2009 facil i ty i nvo lv ed, and t h e m edical facility r eceive s are qu est under su b section ( c ) , the medical facility shall p rovide a copy of the request to the medical facility ascertainin g the cause of death of the victim, if such facility is a different medical facility than the facility that received the original request .‘ ‘( 2 ) RESPON S IB I L I TY O F F AC ILITY. —U pon the receipt of a copy of a request for purposes of paragraph ( 1 ), the duties other w ise established in this part regarding medical facilities shall apply to the medical facility ascertaining the cause of death of the victim in the same manner and to the same e x tent as such duties apply to the medical facility originally receiving the request. ‘‘(g) A SSISTANCE OF PU BLIC H EALT HO FFICE R .— ‘‘(1) EV ALUATION OF RESPONSE OF M E D ICAL FACILITY RE G ARDING INSUFFICIENT FACTS.— ‘‘(A) I n the case of a request under subsection (c) to which a medical facility has made the response specified in subsection (d)( 4 )(A) regarding the insufficiency of facts, the public health officer for the community in which the medical facility is located shall evaluate the request and the response, if the designated officer involved submits such documents to the officer with the request that the officer ma k e such an evaluation. ‘‘( B ) As soon as is practicable after a public health officer receives a request under subparagraph (A), but not later than 4 8 hours after receipt of the request, the public health officer shall complete the evaluation required in such paragraph and inform the designated officer of the results of the evaluation. ‘‘(2) F INDINGS OF EVALUATION.— ‘‘(A) If an evaluation under paragraph (1)(A) indicates that the facts provided to the medical facility pursuant to subsection (c) were sufficient for purposes of determina - tions under subsection (d)(1)— ‘‘(i) the public health officer shall, on behalf of the designated officer involved, resubmit the request to the medical facility
and ‘‘(ii) the medical facility shall provide to the des- ignated officer the applicable response specified in sub- section (d). ‘‘(B) If an evaluation under paragraph (1)(A) indicates that the facts provided in the request to the medical facility were insufficient for purposes of determinations specified in subsection (c)— ‘‘(i) the public health officer shall provide advice to the designated officer regarding the collection and description of appropriate facts; and ‘‘(ii) if sufficient facts are obtained by the des- ignated officer— ‘‘(I) the public health officer shall, on behalf of the designated officer involved, resubmit the request to the medical facility; and ‘‘(II) the medical facility shall provide to the designated officer the appropriate response under subsection (c). Deadlin e .Ap pli c a b ili ty .
