Q. Who reports the death to the Medical Examiner’s Office? Q. How do I report a death to the Medical Examiner’s Office? Q. What cases fall under the jurisdiction of the Medical
Examiner and must be reported to the Medical Examiner’s Office? (a) Any physician, undertaker, law enforcement officer, or other person having knowledge of the death of any person from violence or trauma of any type, suddenly when in apparent health, sudden unexpected death of infants and children, deaths of prisoners or persons in state custody, deaths on the job or related to employment, deaths believed to represent a threat to public health, deaths where neglect or abuse of extended care residents are suspected or confirmed, deaths where the identity of the person is unknown or unclear, deaths in any suspicious/unusual/unnatural manner, found dead, or where the body is to be cremated, shall immediately notify the county medical examiner or the district attorney general, the local police or the county sheriff, who in turn shall notify the county medical examiner. The notification shall be directed to the county medical examiner in the county in which the death occurred. Q. What is an autopsy? Q. Will all cases that fall under the jurisdiction of the Medical Examiner be autopsied? Q. How can we get a copy of an autopsy report? Send Autopsy Report Request form to: William L. Jenkins Forensic Center Q. How do I obtain
a Death Certificate? Q. What does it mean when a case is ‘pending’? Q. How long does it take for the final autopsy report to be
completed? Q. How long does a body remain at the Medical Examiner's facility? Q. Do I need to identify my loved ones at the Forensic Center? Q. Do you need permission of the next of kin to perform an autopsy? Q. What happens to personal property brought in with a body? |