61-12-3 Office of Chief Medical Examiner established; appointment, duties, etc., of Chief Medical Examiner; assistants and employees; promulgation of rules
61-12-4 Central office and laboratory
61-12-5 Certain salaries and expenses paid by state
61-12-6 Chief medical examiner may obtain additional services and facilities
61-12-7 Medical examiners
61-12-8 Certain deaths to be reported to medical examiners; failure to report deaths; investigations and reports; authority of medical examiners to administer oaths, etc., fees
61-12-9 Permits required for cremation; fee
61-12-10 When autopsies made and by whom performed; records of date investigated; copies of records and information; reporting requirements
61-12-10a Costs of transportation of bodies; when state will pay; amount of payment
61-12-11 Exhumation; when ordered
61-12-12 Facilities and services available to medical examiners
61-12-13 Reports and records received as evidence; copies
61-12-14 County coroners; appointment, oath, etc.; duties; fees
61-12-15 Disposition of unidentified and unclaimed remains
61-12-16 Disposition of unidentified or unclaimed remains pursuant to legislative rule
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