2006 Code of Virginia § 19.2-188 - Reports by Chief Medical Examiner received as evidence
19.2-188. Reports by Chief Medical Examiner received as evidence.
Reports of investigations made by the Chief Medical Examiner, his assistantsor medical examiners, and the records and certified reports of autopsies madeunder the authority of Title 32.1, shall be received as evidence in any courtor other proceeding, and copies of photographs, laboratory findings andreports in the office of the Chief Medical Examiner or any medical examiner,when duly attested by the Chief Medical Examiner or one of his AssistantChief Medical Examiners, shall be received as evidence in any court or otherproceeding for any purpose for which the original could be received withoutproof of the official character or the person whose name is signed thereto.
(Code 1950, 19.1-45; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 2003, c. 459.)
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