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2023 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 38 - Medical Examiners and Inquests
- 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- Section 1a To 1c - Repealed, 1992, 368, Sec. 2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 2b - Duties of Chief Medical Examiner Regarding Death of a Child Under the Age of 2
- 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 Remains; Notice to Office of Chief Medical Examiner; Reasonable Attempt to Identify; Notification of Commission on Indian Affairs When Remains Suspected to Be 100 Years Old or More
- 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
- Section 16 - Required Reports Relating to Certain Controlled Substances; Sole Cause of Death; Exposure of Children
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