Section 47. Functions, powers and duties of the board

1. The board shall
  have the following functions, powers and duties:
    (a) Investigate and review the cause and circumstances surrounding the
  death of any inmate of a correctional facility.
    (b) Visit and inspect any correctional facility wherein an inmate  has
  died.
    (c)  Cause  the  body  of  the  deceased to undergo such examinations,
  including an autopsy, as in the opinion of the board, are  necessary  to
  determine   the  cause  of  death,  irrespective  of  whether  any  such
  examination or autopsy shall have previously been performed.
    (d) Upon review of the cause of death  and  circumstances  surrounding
  the  death  of  any inmate, the board shall submit its report thereon to
  the commission and, where appropriate, make recommendations  to  prevent
  the recurrence of such deaths to the commission and the administrator of
  the appropriate correctional facility.
    (e)  Investigate  and  report  to  the  commission on the condition of
  systems for the delivery of medical  care  to  inmates  of  correctional
  facilities and where appropriate recommend such changes as it shall deem
  necessary  and  proper  to  improve the quality and availability of such
  medical care.
    2. Every administrator of a correctional  facility  shall  immediately
  report  to the board the death of an inmate of any such facility in such
  manner and form as the board shall prescribe, together with  an  autopsy
  report.