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Title 17 - Criminal Procedures
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Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners
Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners
Section 17-5-5. Definitions.
Section 17-5-10. Election of coroner.
Section 17-5-20. Bond.
Section 17-5-30. Official oaths; commission.
Section 17-5-40. Term.
Section 17-5-50. Vacancy.
Section 17-5-70. Coroner's deputies, appointment and duties.
Section 17-5-90. Coroner may not act under appointment of sheriff.
Section 17-5-100. Coroners must carry out orders of county governing body; fees and costs.
Section 17-5-110. Coroner or deputy coroner may carry pistol or other handgun.
Section 17-5-115. Deputy coroners; training and law enforcement status.
Section 17-5-120. Availability of medical records to coroner of another state.
Section 17-5-130. Coroner qualifications; affidavits of candidates; training; exemptions; Coroners Training Advisory Committee; Expenses.
Section 17-5-140. Funding for full-time county coroners; disbursement of remaining funds.
Section 17-5-60. Office; book of inquisitions.
Section 17-5-510. Duties of coroner and medical examiner.
Section 17-5-520. Authority to order autopsy; request in event of child's death.
Section 17-5-530. Duty to notify coroner's or medical examiner's office of certain deaths and stillbirths; inquiry; findings; notification of next-of-kin; consent for certain actions.
Section 17-5-535. Persons authorized to view photographs or videos of autopsy; training use exception; penalty.
Section 17-5-540. Coroner or medical examiner to notify Department of Child Fatalities of certain child deaths.
Section 17-5-541. Local Child Fatality Review Teams; composition; notifications.
Section 17-5-542. Local Child Fatality Review Teams; purpose; reports.
Section 17-5-543. Meetings of Child Fatality Review Team; confidentiality; penalties.
Section 17-5-544. Child Fatality Review team; exemptions from disclosure; public information; penalties.
Section 17-5-550. Coroner or medical examiner may petition for warrant to inspect home of child whose death occurred elsewhere.
Section 17-5-555. Reporting certain deaths of vulnerable adults.
Section 17-5-560. Certification of cause of death on death certificate.
Section 17-5-570. Release and burial of dead bodies; preservation and disposition of unidentified dead bodies.
Section 17-5-580. Authorization for removal of dead body; penalties; coroner's jury.
Section 17-5-590. Disposition of remains of unidentified dead bodies.
Section 17-5-600. Permit required for cremation.
Section 17-5-610. Duty to notify coroner or medical examiner in certain cases when body is buried without investigation.
Section 17-5-220. Establishment and functions of medical examiner commissions in certain counties.
Section 17-5-230. Medical examiner commission shall employ medical examiner; duties; assistants; facilities.
Section 17-5-240. Employment and duties of deputy medical examiners.
Section 17-5-280. Records to be kept in office of medical examiner; index; copies; admissibility in evidence.
Section 17-5-330. Salaries and fees; annual budget.