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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) After consultation with the State Medical Examiner Advisory Board, the State Medical Examiner shall appoint each Deputy State Medical Examiner.
(2) The State Medical Examiner shall:
(a) Appoint and discharge each district medical examiner as provided by ORS 146.065 (2).
(b) Designate those pathologists authorized to perform autopsies under ORS 146.117 (2).
(c) Approve those laboratories authorized to perform the analyses required under ORS 146.113 (2).
(3) The State Medical Examiner may:
(a) Assume control of a death investigation in cooperation with the district attorney.
(b) Order an autopsy in a death requiring investigation.
(c) Certify the cause and manner of a death requiring investigation.
(d) Amend a previously completed report on a death requiring investigation.
(e) Order a body exhumed in a death requiring investigation.
(f) Designate a Deputy State Medical Examiner as Acting State Medical Examiner.
(g) After a reasonable and thorough investigation, complete and file a report of death for a person whose body is not found.
(4) Distribution of moneys from the State Medical Examiner's budget for partial reimbursement of each county's autopsy expenditures shall be made subject to approval of the State Medical Examiner.
(5) Within 45 days of receipt of information that a person is missing at sea and presumed dead, the State Medical Examiner shall determine whether the information is credible and, if so, complete and file a report of death for the person presumed dead. If the information is determined not to be credible, the State Medical Examiner may continue the death investigation.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Procedure in Criminal Matters Generally § 146.045 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-14-procedure-in-criminal-matters-generally/or-rev-st-sect-146-045/
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