2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-412. (Formerly Sec. 19-536). Records as evidence.
Sec. 19a-412. (Formerly Sec. 19-536). Records as evidence. The records of the
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, or transcripts thereof certified by the Chief Medical Examiner or his authorized representative, shall be subject to subpoena and shall be
admissible in evidence in any court in the state in the same manner and subject to the
same conditions as hospital records as provided in section 4-104, except that the findings
or conclusions of the Chief Medical Examiner, his deputy, an associate medical examiner or an assistant medical examiner as to the cause or circumstances of death, other
than those set forth in the death certificate or the autopsy report, and statements by
witnesses or other persons and conclusions upon extraneous matters shall not be admissible.
History: 1971 act replaced office of medicolegal investigations with office of medical examiner; P.A. 79-47 added word "chief" to office name and included findings by associate medical examiners; Sec. 19-536 transferred to Sec. 19a-412 in 1983.
Cited. 214 C. 146, 156.
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