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2014 District of Columbia Code
Division I. Government of District
Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences
Chapter 14. Chief Medical Examiner
- § 5–1401. Definitions.
- § 5–1402. Establishment of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; appointments, qualifications, and compensation.
- § 5–1403. Supporting services and facilities.
- § 5–1404. Former duties of coroner; oaths; teaching; other duties.
- § 5–1405. Deaths - determinations and investigations; cremations.
- § 5–1406. Deaths - Notification; penalties for noncompliance.
- § 5–1407. Subpoena power for access to confidential medical records.
- § 5–1408. Possession of evidence and property.
- § 5–1409. Examination; further investigation and autopsy.
- § 5–1410. Autopsy by pathologist other than a medical examiner.
- § 5–1411. Delivery of body; expenses.
- § 5–1412. Maintenance of records; annual report.
- § 5–1413. Records as evidence.
- § 5–1414. Autopsies performed under court order.
- § 5–1415. Tissue transplants. [Repealed]
- § 5–1416. Personnel, records, functions, and authority transferred.
- § 5–1417. Regulations and fees.
- § 5–1418. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Management Fund.
- § 5–1419. Impaired driving program; chemical testing.
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