Section 313.30 | Coroner to Designate Eye or Tissue Bank – Immunity.
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 529 – 127th General Assembly A coroner acting in good faith is not liable in damages for injury resulting from acting or attempting to act in accordance with sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code regarding an anatomical gift.
Section 313.19 | Coroner’s Verdict the Legally Accepted Cause of Death.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The cause of death and the manner and mode in which the death occurred, as delivered by the coroner and incorporated in the coroner’s verdict and in the death certificate filed with the division of vital statistics, shall be the legally accepted […]
Section 313.20 | Coroner’s Writs.
Effective: August 26, 1975 Latest Legislation: House Bill 750 – 111th General Assembly The coroner may issue any writ required by sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code, to any constable of the county in which a body is found as described in section 313.12 of the Revised Code, or if the emergency so […]
Section 313.21 | Tests for Emergency Involving Suspected Toxic Substances or for Law Enforcement-Related Testing.
Effective: November 15, 1991 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 233 – 119th General Assembly (A) The coroner may use or may allow the use of the coroner’s laboratory and facilities for tests in an emergency involving suspected toxic substances or for law enforcement-related testing, and may direct his assistants and other personnel to perform such testing […]
Section 313.211 | Powers of Coroner Regarding Dangerous Drugs.
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 471 – 127th General Assembly The coroner may secure, catalog, record, and, with the approval of the prosecuting attorney, destroy any dangerous drugs found at the scene of an investigation the coroner conducts, if the dangerous drugs are no longer needed for investigative or scientific purposes.
Section 313.212 | Notice of Death by Overdose.
Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 216 – 131st General Assembly If the coroner determines that a drug overdose is the cause of death of a person, the coroner may provide a notice of the death to the state medical board, board of nursing, or state dental board. The coroner may include in […]
Section 313.22 | Rights of Administrator or Executor.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Sections 311.01 to 311.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not interfere with the rights of any appointed and qualified administrator or executor, but moneys and effects taken by the coroner shall be delivered to such administrator or executor, whether before or […]
Section 313.23 | View of Autopsy by Interested Person.
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 529 – 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Interested person” means an employee of the coroner’s office, a physician, dentist, nurse, professor at a medical school, medical student, medical resident, nursing student, an employee of a procurement organization, a member of a law […]
Section 313.13 | Autopsy – Blood Test of Operator of Motor Vehicle Killed in Accident.
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 529 – 127th General Assembly (A) The coroner, any deputy coroner, an investigator appointed pursuant to section 313.05 of the Revised Code, or any other person the coroner designates as having the authority to act under this section may go to the dead body and take charge […]
Section 313.131 | Autopsy Contrary to Deceased Person’s Religious Beliefs.
Effective: July 25, 1990 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 131 – 118th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Friend” means any person who maintained regular contact with the deceased person, and who was familiar with the deceased person’s activities, health, and religious beliefs at the time of the deceased person’s death, any person […]