Postmortem Examinations and Services

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Section
32.1-277

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; central and district offices and facilities

Section
32.1-278

Appointment and qualifications of Chief Medical Examiner

Section
32.1-279

Duties of Chief Medical Examiner; teaching legal medicine

Section
32.1-280

Repealed

Section
32.1-281

Commissioner may obtain additional services and facilities

Section
32.1-282

Medical examiners

Section
32.1-282.1

Per diem medicolegal death investigators

Section
32.1-283

Investigation of deaths; obtaining consent to removal of organs, etc.; fees

Section
32.1-283.1

State Child Fatality Review Team; membership; access to and maintenance of records; confidentiality; etc.

Section
32.1-283.2

Local and regional child fatality review teams established; membership; authority; confidentiality; immunity

Section
32.1-283.3

Family violence fatality review teams established; model protocol and data management; membership; authority; confidentiality, etc.

Section
32.1-283.4

Confidentiality of certain information and records collected and maintained by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Section
32.1-283.5

Adult Fatality Review Team; duties; membership; confidentiality; penalties; report; etc.

Section
32.1-283.6

Local and regional adult fatality review teams established; membership; authority; confidentiality; immunity

Section
32.1-283.7

Local and regional overdose fatality review teams established; membership; authority; confidentiality; immunity

Section
32.1-283.8

Maternal Mortality Review Team; duties; membership; confidentiality; penalties; report; etc.

Section
32.1-284

Repealed

Section
32.1-285

Autopsies

Section
32.1-285.1

Death of infants under eighteen months of age; autopsies required; definition of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Section
32.1-286

Exhumations

Section
32.1-287

Repealed

Section
32.1-288

Repealed

Section
32.1-289

Repealed

Section
32.1-289.1

Repealed

Section
32.1-289.2

Repealed

Section
32.1-290

Repealed

Section
32.1-290.1

Repealed

Section
32.1-291

Repealed

Section
32.1-291.1

Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; short title

Section
32.1-291.2

Definitions

Section
32.1-291.3

Applicability of Act

Section
32.1-291.4

Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death

Section
32.1-291.5

Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death

Section
32.1-291.6

Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death

Section
32.1-291.7

Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal

Section
32.1-291.8

Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation

Section
32.1-291.9

Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part

Section
32.1-291.10

Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part

Section
32.1-291.11

Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift

Section
32.1-291.12

Search and notification

Section
32.1-291.13

Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine

Section
32.1-291.14

Rights and duties of procurement organization and others

Section
32.1-291.15

Coordination of procurement and use

Section
32.1-291.16

Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; penalty

Section
32.1-291.17

Falsification, etc of document of gift; penalty

Section
32.1-291.18

Immunity

Section
32.1-291.19

Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity

Section
32.1-291.20

Donor registry

Section
32.1-291.21

Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive

Section
32.1-291.22

Cooperation between Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and procurement organization

Section
32.1-291.23

Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Section
32.1-291.24

Uniformity of application and construction

Section
32.1-291.25

Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

Section
32.1-292

Repealed

Section
32.1-292.1

Repealed

Section
32.1-292.2

The Virginia Donor Registry

Section
32.1-293

Repealed

Section
32.1-294

Repealed

Section
32.1-295

Repealed

Section
32.1-296

Determination of death

Section
32.1-297

Action for implied warranty in connection with transfer of blood or human tissue

Section
32.1-297.1

The Virginia Transplant Council

Section
32.1-297.2

Discrimination prohibited

Section
32.1-298

Notification of Commissioner and delivery of bodies

Section
32.1-299

Distribution of bodies

Section
32.1-300

Records of bodies distributed

Section
32.1-301

Burial, cremation, or return of bodies after scientific study

Section
32.1-302

Importation of anatomical material

Section
32.1-303

Penalty for trafficking in bodies

Section
32.1-304

General penalty for violation

Section
32.1-305

Repealed