390.005 ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT, ELIGIBILITY; VACANCIES; REMOVAL. Subdivision 1. Selection of coroner or medical examiner. Each county must have a coroner or medical examiner. A coroner may be elected, as prescribed by section 382.01, or appointed in each county. A medical examiner must be appointed by the county board. The term of an appointed coroner […]
390.0065 HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER; SELECTION AND TERM. Hennepin County shall use the following procedure to select the Hennepin County medical examiner: the Hennepin County Board shall designate three licensed physicians who shall constitute a Medical Examiner Board. One member shall be a dean or professor of the Department of Pathology of a Class A […]
390.01 BOND AND INDEMNIFICATION. The coroner or medical examiner shall be included in the bond held by the county for all appointed and elected county officials and shall be defended and indemnified, pursuant to section 466.07. The oath of office shall be recorded and filed with the county recorder. History: (942) RL s 583; 1973 […]
390.011 AUTONOMY. The coroner or medical examiner is an independent official of the county, subject only to appointment, removal, and budgeting by the county board. History: 2006 c 260 art 8 s 4
390.012 JURISDICTION. The coroner or medical examiner of the county in which a person dies or is pronounced dead shall have jurisdiction over the death, regardless of where any injury that resulted in the death occurred. The place where death is pronounced is deemed to be the place where death occurred. If the place of […]
390.04 PROVISION FOR TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION. When the coroner or medical examiner, because of partiality, prejudice, consanguinity, or interest, is not able to perform the coroner or medical examiner’s duties, the coroner or medical examiner shall have the authority to transfer jurisdiction to another coroner or medical examiner, as arranged by the county board. History: […]
390.05 MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER STAFF. The coroner or medical examiner may appoint one or more assistant coroners or assistant medical examiners, as necessary to fulfill the duties of the office, subject to authorization by the county board. Such assistants shall have the same qualifications as a coroner or medical examiner. When the coroner or […]
390.061 MORGUE. Every county need not have a morgue, but there must be a system or process for receiving, storing, and releasing all dead bodies subject to this statute. History: 2006 c 260 art 8 s 8
390.11 INVESTIGATIONS. Subdivision 1. Reports of death. All sudden or unexpected deaths and all deaths that may be due entirely or in part to any factor other than natural disease processes must be promptly reported to the coroner or medical examiner for evaluation. Sufficient information must be provided to the coroner or medical examiner. Reportable […]
390.111 EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION. The county board is responsible for the reasonable and necessary compensation and expenses of the coroner or medical examiner, assistants, investigators, and other medical specialists. History: 1965 c 761 s 5; 1985 c 265 art 7 s 1; 2006 c 260 art 8 s 10
390.15 FEES. The coroner or medical examiner may charge a fee for cremation approval, duplication of reports, and other administrative functions to recover reasonable expenses, subject to county board approval. History: (950) RL s 591; 1983 c 359 s 56; 1985 c 265 art 7 s 1; 2006 c 260 art 8 s 11
390.151 ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION. The coroner or medical examiner may facilitate donation of organs and tissues in compliance with the Darlene Luther Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, chapter 525A. History: 2006 c 260 art 8 s 12; 2007 c 120 art 2 s 4
390.152 CREMATION APPROVAL. After investigating deaths of persons who are to be cremated, the coroner or medical examiner may give approval for cremation and shall record such approval by either signing a cremation authorization form or electronically through the centralized electronic system for the processing of death records established by the state registrar. It shall […]
390.21 DISPOSITION; BURIAL. After an investigation has been completed, including an autopsy if one is done, the body shall be released promptly to the person or persons who have the right to control the disposition of the body. Section 149A.80, subdivision 2, shall control. If the identity of the deceased person is unknown, or if […]
390.221 BODIES; EFFECTS; CUSTODY. A person may not move, interfere with, or handle the body or the effects of a decedent subject to an investigation by the coroner or medical examiner except upon order of the coroner, medical examiner, assistant, or authorized investigator. The coroner or medical examiner shall take charge of the effects found […]
390.225 PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Procedure. The coroner or medical examiner may take possession of all articles that may be useful in establishing the cause or manner of death, identification, or next of kin of the deceased, and, if taken, mark them for identification, make an inventory, and retain them securely until they are no longer […]
390.23 DEATH RECORDS. No person, other than the county coroner or medical examiner or, for deaths occurring within a facility licensed by the Department of Corrections, the forensic pathologist who reviewed the death, shall file or amend the cause or manner of death information with the state registrar in cases of likely or suspected accidental, […]
390.25 UNIDENTIFIED DECEASED PERSONS. Subdivision 1. Attempts to identify. The coroner or medical examiner shall make reasonable attempts to identify the deceased person promptly. These actions may include obtaining: photographs of the body; fingerprints from the body, if possible; formal dental examination by a dentist with forensic training, with charting and radiographs; full body radiographs; […]
390.251 REQUEST FOR EXAMINATIONS. The coroner or medical examiner may, when requested, make physical examinations and tests incident to any matter of a criminal nature under consideration by the district court or county attorney, law enforcement agency, or publicly appointed criminal defense counsel, and shall deliver a copy of a report of such tests and […]
390.252 CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES. A county board may contract to perform coroner or medical examiner services with other units of government or their agencies under a schedule of fees approved by that board. History: 2006 c 260 art 8 s 20
