Section 1.05 - Disclosure of Autopsy Reports to Investigatory BodiesThe Office may, in its discretion, provide a copy of the autopsy report of a decedent to a requesting investigatory body if the following conditions are met:
(1) The investigatory body demonstrates that the autopsy report likely contains information that is relevant, material, and necessary for the complete and proper investigation of the death;(2) In cases of unnatural or suspicious death where the district attorney or his law enforcement representative is directing and controlling the investigation of the death pursuant to M.G.L. c. 38, § 4, the district attorney or his law enforcement representative has determined, in his discretion and in writing, that, that he does not object to the disclosure of the autopsy report to the investigatory body; and(3) The Office issues, along with the release of the autopsy report, a statement that autopsy reports are not public records and should not be disseminated or used for any purposes other than those authorized by law.