Section 52.203 – Notice to County Medical Examiner by Physician or Individual With Knowledge of Certain Deaths; Knowledge That 2 or More Individuals Involved Were Same Age, Sex, Height, Weight, Hair Color, Eye Color, and Race; Notice Not Required; Review by Elderly and Vulnerable Adult Death Review Team; Disclosure.
52.203 Notice to county medical examiner by physician or individual with knowledge of certain deaths; knowledge that 2 or more individuals involved were same age, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, and race; notice not required; review by elderly and vulnerable adult death review team; disclosure. Sec. 3. (1) Except as otherwise provided in […]
Section 52.216 – Coroners; Completion of Term After Effective Date of Act.
52.216 Coroners; completion of term after effective date of act. Sec. 16. In all counties a coroner upon the effective date of this amendatory act, the coroner may complete the term for which he was elected. History: Add. 1969, Act 92, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969
Section 52.204 – Violent, Unexpected or Medically Unattended Deaths; Removal of Body, Notice; Violation of Section, Penalty.
52.204 Violent, unexpected or medically unattended deaths; removal of body, notice; violation of section, penalty. Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any funeral director, embalmer or other person to remove the body from the place where death occurred, or to prepare the body for burial or shipment, when such funeral director, embalmer or other […]
Section 52.205 – Notice of Body; Manner of Death; Removal of Body to Morgue; Investigation; Designation and Duties of Medical Examiner Investigator; List of Investigators and Qualifications; Autopsy; Ascertaining Identity of Decedent and Notifying Next of Kin; Impossible Identification or Knowledge That 2 Individuals Share Same Attributes; Records; Disposition of Body; Retention of Portion of Body.
52.205 Notice of body; manner of death; removal of body to morgue; investigation; designation and duties of medical examiner investigator; list of investigators and qualifications; autopsy; ascertaining identity of decedent and notifying next of kin; impossible identification or knowledge that 2 individuals share same attributes; records; disposition of body; retention of portion of body. Sec. […]
Section 52.205a – Sudden Death, Cause Unknown, of Child Under Age of 2 Years; Report; Request for Autopsy; Notice of Results; Costs; Rules.
52.205a Sudden death, cause unknown, of child under age of 2 years; report; request for autopsy; notice of results; costs; rules. Sec. 5a. (1) When a child under the age of 2 years dies within this state under circumstances of sudden death, cause unknown, or found dead, cause unknown, that death shall be immediately reported […]
Section 52.206 – Private Morgue; Compensation.
52.206 Private morgue; compensation. Sec. 6. If the body of a deceased person has been removed to a private morgue for examination upon the order of the medical examiner, the keeper of such morgue shall be allowed compensation for his services as the county medical examiner deems reasonable. Compensation is to be paid out of […]
Section 52.207 – Violent, Unexpected or Medically Unattended Deaths; Investigation by County Medical Examiner; Inquest.
52.207 Violent, unexpected or medically unattended deaths; investigation by county medical examiner; inquest. Sec. 7. Upon the written order of the prosecuting attorney or the attorney general or upon the filing of a petition signed by 6 electors of a county, the county medical examiner or deputy shall conduct an investigation, as provided in section […]
Section 52.208 – Violent, Unexpected or Medically Unattended Deaths; Personalty Found on Deceased’s Person, Possession, Inventory, Disposition, Use as Evidence.
52.208 Violent, unexpected or medically unattended deaths; personalty found on deceased’s person, possession, inventory, disposition, use as evidence. Sec. 8. In all cases arising under the provisions of this act, in the absence of next of kin of the deceased person, the senior police officer being concerned with the matter, and in the absence of […]
Section 52.209 – Body Determined Suitable for Donation; Agreement; Release of Information; Conduct of Examination Within Certain Time Period; Section to Be Known as “Kyle Ray Horning’s law.”
52.209 Body determined suitable for donation; agreement; release of information; conduct of examination within certain time period; section to be known as “Kyle Ray Horning’s law.” Sec. 9. (1) If a county medical examiner or his or her designee receives notification from a person other than a representative of a hospital of a death that […]
Section 52.210 – Removal of Body to Crematory; Permit From County Medical Examiner; Violation of Section, Penalty.
52.210 Removal of body to crematory; permit from county medical examiner; violation of section, penalty. Sec. 10. No funeral director, embalmer or any other person shall remove the body of any deceased person to a crematory or remove for the purpose of cremation such dead body from the county in which death occurred without the […]