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§ 130A-387 – Fees.

130A-387. Fees. For each investigation and prompt filing of the required report, the medical examiner shall receive a fee paid by the State. However, if the deceased is a resident of the county in which the death or fatal injury occurred, that county shall pay the fee. The fee shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00). […]

§ 130A-389 – Autopsies.

130A-389. Autopsies. (a) If, in the opinion of the medical examiner investigating the case or of the Chief Medical Examiner, it is advisable and in the public interest that an autopsy or other study be made; or, if an autopsy or other study is requested by the district attorney of the county or by any […]

§ 130A-389.1 – Photographs and video or audio recordings made pursuant to autopsy.

130A-389.1. Photographs and video or audio recordings made pursuant to autopsy. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, any person may inspect and examine original photographs or video or audio recordings of an autopsy performed pursuant to G.S. 130A-389(a) at reasonable times and under reasonable supervision of the custodian of the photographs or recordings. Except […]

§ 130A-390 – Exhumations.

130A-390. Exhumations. (a) In any case of death described in G.S. 130A-383 or 130A-384 where the body is buried without investigation by a medical examiner as to the cause and manner of death or where sufficient cause develops for further investigation after a body is buried as determined by a county medical examiner or the […]

§ 130A-392 – Reports and records as evidence.

130A-392. Reports and records as evidence. Reports of investigations made by a county medical examiner or by the Chief Medical Examiner and toxicology and autopsy reports made pursuant to this Part may be received as evidence in any court or other proceeding. Copies of records, photographs, laboratory findings and records in the Office of the […]

§ 130A-393 – Rules.

130A-393. Rules. The Commission shall adopt rules to carry out the intent and purpose of this Part. (1967, c. 1154, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1981, c. 614, s. 15; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.)

§ 130A-394 – Coroner to hold inquests.

130A-394. Coroner to hold inquests. In every case requiring the medical examiner to be notified, as provided by G.S. 130A-383, the coroner shall be notified by the medical examiner, and the coroner shall hold an inquest and preliminary hearing in those instances as required in G.S. 152-7. The coroner shall file a written report of […]

§ 130A-395 – Handling and transportation of bodies.

130A-395. Handling and transportation of bodies. (a) It shall be the duty of the physician licensed to practice medicine under Chapter 90 attending any person who dies and is known to have smallpox, plague, HIV infection, hepatitis B infection, rabies, or Jakob-Creutzfeldt to provide written notification to all individuals handling the body of the proper […]

§ 130A-398 – Limitation on right to perform autopsy.

130A-398. Limitation on right to perform autopsy. The right to perform an autopsy shall be limited to those cases in which: (1) The Chief Medical Examiner or a county medical examiner, acting pursuant to G.S. 130A-389, directs that an autopsy be performed; (2) The Commission of Anatomy, acting pursuant to G.S. 130A-415, has given written […]