Coroners And Medical Examiners

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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
17-5-60

Office; book of inquisitions.

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
17-5-220

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.

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.