Operation of a Medical Examiner System

To perform its duties, a medical examiner system requires a number of basic essentials. First is an adequate law under which to operate. Under such a law, violent deaths (accidents, suicides, and homicides), suspicious deaths, sudden and unexpected deaths, deaths without a physician in attendance, and deaths in jails and penal institutions should fall under the medical examiner

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