22 §3021. Title
§3021. Title This chapter shall be referred to as the Medical Examiner Act. [PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW).
22 §3022. Office of Chief Medical Examiner
§3022. Office of Chief Medical Examiner 1. Appointment and qualifications of the Chief Medical Examiner. There is created, in the Department of the Attorney General, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the State. The Chief Medical Examiner is appointed by the Governor for a term of 7 years and until the Chief Medical Examiner’s […]
22 §3023. Medical examiners; appointment; jurisdiction
§3023. Medical examiners; appointment; jurisdiction The Chief Medical Examiner shall appoint medical examiners, who have statewide jurisdiction and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Medical Examiner, subject to the Chief Medical Examiner’s control and the rules adopted by the Chief Medical Examiner. Medical examiners are appointed for a term of no more than 5 […]
22 §3023-A. Medicolegal death investigators; appointment; jurisdiction
§3023-A. Medicolegal death investigators; appointment; jurisdiction The Chief Medical Examiner may appoint persons who are not physicians as medicolegal death investigators, who have statewide jurisdiction and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Medical Examiner, subject to the Chief Medical Examiner’s control and rules adopted by the Chief Medical Examiner. Medicolegal death investigators must meet […]
22 §3024. Salaries; fees; expenses
§3024. Salaries; fees; expenses The salary of the Chief Medical Examiner of the State must be set by the Governor. Other nonsalaried medical examiners and nonsalaried medicolegal death investigators, upon the submission of their completed report to the Chief Medical Examiner, must be paid a fee of up to $100 for an inspection and view […]
22 §3025. Medical examiner case
§3025. Medical examiner case 1. Circumstances of death that must be reported. A medical examiner case may exist and must be reported as provided in section 3026 when remains are found that may be human and raise suspicion that death has occurred under any of the following circumstances: A. Death is suspected of having […]
22 §3026. Reports of death
§3026. Reports of death 1. Persons suspecting medical examiner case. Any person who becomes aware of a suspected medical examiner case shall immediately notify a law enforcement officer or the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. As used in this subsection, “person” means a natural person, including a public servant, and a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association […]
22 §3027. Procedure at scene of death
§3027. Procedure at scene of death 1. Movement or alteration of body prohibited. Except as otherwise provided in this section: A. In any medical examiner case a person may not move or alter the body or any objects at the scene of death prior to the arrival, or without the express authorization, of the […]
22 §3028. Investigation; autopsy
§3028. Investigation; autopsy (CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES) 1. Authority to conduct investigation. The medical examiner or medicolegal death investigator has authority to conduct an investigation and inquiry into the cause, manner and circumstances of death in a medical examiner case. The medical examiner or medicolegal death investigator shall, if it is determined necessary, […]
22 §3028-A. Disposal of unidentified remains and abandoned human remains
§3028-A. Disposal of unidentified remains and abandoned human remains Whenever unidentified human remains are recovered, the Chief Medical Examiner may store the remains, release them to an educational institution, inter them in an appropriate resting place or have them cremated. Ashes of remains cremated may be disposed of in any appropriate manner. Human remains uncovered […]