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TITLE VI
CHAPTER 38
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PART I
ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
(Chapters 1 through 182)
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TITLE VI
COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS
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CHAPTER 38
MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND INQUESTS
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Section 1
Definitions
Section 1A to 1C
Repealed, 1992, 368, Sec. 2
Section 2
Chief medical examiner; qualifications; appointment; powers and duties; district medical examiners
Section 2A
State and local multidisciplinary child fatality review teams
Section 3
Duty to report deaths; failure to report
Section 4
Investigation; transportation of bodies
Section 4A
Death resulting from single-vehicle accident; blood sample analysis; liability of medical examiner
Section 5
Cooperation with office of chief medical examiner
Section 6
Unmarked human skeletal remains; notice to office of chief medical examiner; inquiry; notification of commission on Indian affairs
Section 7
Attorney general; notice of circumstances of death
Section 8
Inquests
Section 9
Accidental deaths; public conveyances; transcript of inquest
Section 10
Report of findings by court
Section 11
Persons charged with crime; arrest
Section 12
Embalming fluid; restriction on use
Section 13
Release of body; pronouncement of death
Section 14
Bodies intended for cremation or burial at sea; authorization; fees
Section 15
Personal property of deceased; disposition
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