(b) Personal delivery.--If the law enforcement officer
determines that the injured person under subsection (a) needs
immediate transport to a hospital and there is not sufficient
time for the collection of the injured person's identifying
information and electronic devices, the law enforcement officer
shall personally deliver the identifying information and
electronic devices to the hospital treating the injured person
within two hours of collection.
(c) Conveyance of information.--If there is not sufficient
time to personally deliver the identifying information and
electronic devices to the hospital treating the injured person
within two hours of collection under subsection (b), the law
enforcement officer shall contact the hospital immediately and
convey the identifying information to the appropriate hospital
staff and personally deliver the identifying information and
electronic devices to the hospital no later than four hours
after the injured person was transported to the hospital.
(d) Deceased information.--If the law enforcement officer
determines that the injured person under subsection (a) will be
imminently deceased or is deceased and the identifying
information which appears to have been on or about the injured
person has been retained as evidence, the law enforcement
officer shall convey any other relevant identifying information
to the hospital treating the person within two hours. The
deceased person's body may not be transported from the hospital
to another location until the body is identified or 72 hours
have passed, whichever is earlier. The law enforcement officer
shall attempt to identify the person at the hospital bedside,
including, but not limited to, through the use of fingerprints
and the central repository under 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91 (relating to
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