§61-12-12. Facilities and Services Available to Medical Examiners
Pursuant to rules promulgated by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources, the facilities of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and its laboratory, and the services of its professional staff, shall be made available to the county medical examiners and coroners in their investigations under the provisions of 61-12-8 of […]
§61-12-13. Reports and Records Received as Evidence; Copies
Reports of investigations and autopsies, and the records thereof, on file in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner or in the office of any county medical examiner, shall be received as evidence in any court or other proceeding, and copies of records, photographs, laboratory findings and records on file in the Office of the […]
§61-12-5. Certain Salaries and Expenses Paid by State
The salaries of the chief medical examiner, the salaries of all assistants and employees employed in the central office and laboratory, the expenses of maintaining the central office and laboratory and the cost of pathological, bacteriological and toxicological services rendered by persons other than the chief medical examiner and his or her assistants shall be […]
§61-12-3. Office of Chief Medical Examiner Established; Appointment, Duties, etc., of Chief Medical Examiner; Assistants and Employees; Promulgation of Rules
NOTE: West Virginia Code 61-12-3 was amended by two bills passed during the 2022 Regular Session of the Legislature. When two acts of the Legislature amend the same section of the Code without express recognition in the bill of the action of the other bill, the Legislative Manager makes no determination as to the appropriate, […]
§61-12-4. Central Office and Laboratory
The office of the chief medical examiner shall establish and maintain a central office and a laboratory having adequate professional and technical personnel and medical and scientific facilities for the performance of the duties imposed by this article. In order to secure facilities sufficient to meet the duties imposed by the provisions of this code, […]