REPORT
Laws governing OCME
Code | Section | Title |
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Civil Procedure | Photographs, etc., taken in the course of post mortem examination or autopsy; prohibition against reproduction or dissemination; exceptions; personal liability of coroner | |
Government | Enumeration of county officers | |
Government | Medical Examiner; abolition of office | |
Government | Interment of body | |
Government | Sale of personalty of deceased to pay burial proceedings | |
Government | Coroner’s register, requisites | |
Government | Official file in lieu of coroner’s register | |
Government | Delivery of document directing disposal of property and remains of deceased; filing of copy; delivery of original | |
Government | Delivery of personalty of deceased to representatives | |
Government | Locating family; embalming; fee | |
Government | Classification of deaths requiring inquiry; determination of cause; signature of death certificate; exhumation; notice to coroner of cause of death | |
Government | Examination and identification of body; inquiry into cause of death; disposition of body; violations | |
Government | Sudden infant death syndrome; preservation of medical findings; effect of anatomical gift | |
Government | Sudden infant death syndrome; autopsy; development of protocol; liability | |
Government | Implementation of Anatomical Gift Act; human organs; removal and disposition; identification of donors; informing next of kin to donate | |
Government | Retention of body parts for investigation and training; removal of body parts for transplant or therapeutic or scientific purposes | |
Government | Cause of death appearing on certificate; conformity with findings; determination without autopsy | |
Government | Postmortem examination or autopsy of unidentified body or human remains; exhumation of deteriorated or decomposed body or remains; procedures for postmortem examination or autopsy; final report of investigation; collection of retention of tissue and bone samples prior to cremation or burial of unidentified body or remains; procedures for autopsy or postmortem examination with aid of dental examination | |
Government | Forensic autopsy; licensed physician and surgeon required, determination of manner of death; notice to person present in autopsy suite; persons permitted in autopsy suite; availability of additional information | |
Government | Authority of deputy if coroner absent | |
Health and Safety | Right to control disposition of remains; duty and liability for interment; devolution; prior directions of decedent | |
Health and Safety | Interment or disposition of remains by coroner; jurisdiction; costs | |
Health and Safety | Interment of remains by coroner; recovery of expenses | |
SF Administrative Code | Office of the Chief Medical Examiner | |
Public Records Act requests | Consult with Division Manager to ensure compliance with state and local disclosure requirements |
This list shall be updated from time to time by the office and can be found in the office network shared drive in the “OCME laws that govern OCME” folder.