Section 146.109 – Notification of next of kin.
(1) Upon identifying the body, the medical examiner shall immediately attempt to locate the next of kin or responsible friends to obtain the designation of a funeral home to which the deceased is to be taken. (2) If unable to promptly obtain a designation of funeral home from the next of kin or responsible friends, […]
Section 146.113 – Authority to order removal of body fluids.
(1) A medical examiner or district attorney may, in any death requiring investigation, order samples of blood or urine taken for laboratory analysis. (2) When a death requiring an investigation as a result of a motor vehicle accident occurs within five hours after the accident and the deceased is over 13 years of age, a […]
Section 146.117 – Autopsies.
(1) A medical examiner or district attorney may order an autopsy performed in any death requiring investigation. This authorization for an autopsy shall permit the pathologist to remove and retain body tissues or organs from the deceased for the purpose of the legal or medical determination of the manner or cause of death, or other […]
Section 146.121 – Disposition of body; filing; expenses.
(1) No person shall bury or otherwise dispose of the body of a person whose death required investigation, without having first obtained a burial, cremation or reduction permit, or a report of death completed and signed by a medical examiner. (2) When a medical examiner investigates the death of a person whose body is not […]
Section 146.055 – Advice; autopsies; training programs; report.
(1) The Chief Medical Examiner shall assist and advise district medical examiners in the performance of their duties. (2) The Chief Medical Examiner shall perform autopsies, if in the judgment of the Chief Medical Examiner such autopsy is necessary in any death requiring investigation, when requested by a medical examiner or district attorney. (3) The […]
Section 146.065 – Local medical examiners; appointment; Deputy State Medical Examiner.
(1) In each county there shall be a medical examiner for the purpose of investigating and certifying the cause and manner of deaths requiring investigation. (2) Each district medical examiner shall be appointed by the Chief Medical Examiner with approval of the appropriate board or boards of commissioners and may be discharged by the Chief […]
Section 146.075 – District office duties; personnel; expenses for certain duties; records and reports.
(1) The district medical examiner shall serve as the administrator of the district medical examiner’s office. Subject to applicable provisions of a county personnel policy or civil service law, the district medical examiner may employ such other personnel as the district medical examiner deems necessary to operate the office. (2) All expenses of equipping, maintaining […]
Section 146.080 – Assistant district medical examiner.
(1) Each district medical examiner may appoint one or more assistant district medical examiners. (2) The qualifications of an assistant district medical examiner shall be prescribed by the State Medical Examiner Advisory Board. (3) When delegated by the district medical examiner, an assistant district medical examiner shall: (a) Assist the district medical examiner in investigating […]
Section 146.085 – Medical-legal death investigators.
(1) The district medical examiner shall appoint, subject to the approval of the district attorney and applicable civil service regulations, qualified medical-legal death investigators, including the sheriff or a deputy sheriff and a member of the Oregon State Police for each county. Other peace officers may also be appointed as medical-legal death investigators. (2) The […]
Section 146.087
[1975 c.565 §1; renumbered 146.001]