Section 611-B:10 – Administrative and Technical Assistance.
611-B:10 Administrative and Technical Assistance. – The chief medical examiner may employ adequate administrative, clerical, and technical assistants to carry out the purposes of this chapter, all of whom shall be in the classified service of the state. Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.
Section 611-B:11 – Oath; Duty to Investigate in Medico-Legal Case.
611-B:11 Oath; Duty to Investigate in Medico-Legal Case. – I. Each medical examiner shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, take an oath of office. II. A medical examiner shall make investigations in medico-legal cases. A medico-legal case exists when death is pronounced or remains are found indicating that a human has […]
Section 611-B:12 – Mandatory Reporting of Medico-Legal Deaths.
611-B:12 Mandatory Reporting of Medico-Legal Deaths. – It shall be the duty of anyone who finds the body of any person whose death is suspected to have been caused or to have occurred in any manner described in RSA 611-B:11, or who finds remains which are thought to be human to immediately notify the […]
Section 611-B:13 – Charge of Body.
611-B:13 Charge of Body. – Whenever the medical examiner has notice of the body of a person whose death is supposed to have been caused in a manner described in RSA 611-B:11, the medical examiner shall take charge of the body and may go to the place where such body lies. The medical examiner […]
Section 611-B:14 – Survey of Location.
611-B:14 Survey of Location. – I. Before a body is removed or disturbed, the medical examiner shall make or cause to be made a careful survey of the body and its surroundings, and reduce or cause to be reduced to writing an accurate and detailed description of the location, position, and condition of the […]
Section 611-B:14-a – Medical Records.
611-B:14-a Medical Records. – For the purpose of any medical examination into the cause and manner of death, and where medical treatment has been provided to the decedent who is the subject of the examination, upon written request of the supervising medical examiner any individual, partnership, association, corporation, institution, or governmental entity which has […]
Section 611-B:15 – Postmortem Examination.
611-B:15 Postmortem Examination. – I. If the medical examiner determines that an external examination of the body is necessary to determine the manner and cause of death, the medical examiner may arrange for the body to be transported to a funeral home or other facility where an examination can be conducted. In the event […]
Section 611-B:5 – Assistant Deputy Medical Examiners.
611-B:5 Assistant Deputy Medical Examiners. – The chief medical examiner shall appoint assistant deputy medical examiners to perform the duties of medical examiner under this chapter. Assistant deputy medical examiners shall serve without geographic restriction. An assistant deputy medical examiner shall be a person educated in the science of medicine and shall serve under […]
Section 611-B:6 – Indemnification of Medical Examiner.
611-B:6 Indemnification of Medical Examiner. – The provisions of RSA 99-D shall apply to the chief medical examiner and any other medical examiner or investigator employed in the office of the chief medical examiner for claims arising from the scope of their official duties, including, but not limited to, the practice of forensic pathology […]
Section 611-B:1 – Definitions.
611-B:1 Definitions. – In this chapter: I. " Acting chief medical examiner " means the physician designated pursuant to RSA 611-B:4. II. " Assistant deputy medical examiner " means a person appointed by the chief medical examiner pursuant to RSA 611-B:5. II-a. " Associate medical examiner " means the licensed physician certified by the […]