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King County Medical Examiner's Office
Policies & Procedures

Acknowledgments

The efforts of many individuals have contributed to the publication of this manual. Acknowledgement is given to those individuals from the Medical Examiner's Office, law enforcement, and the judicial community who have made contributions to this edition.

I hope that this manual will prove useful to all agencies in health, law enforcement, and the funeral industry in their interaction with the Medical Examiner.

Richard C. Harruff, M.D., Ph.D
Chief Medical Examiner

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	Introduction
	Chapter 1: Types of deaths to be reported to the Medical Examiner Criteria for reportable deaths "No Jurisdiction Assumed" deaths (NJA)
	Chapter 2: Establishing a hospital death as a Medical Examiner's case Deaths occurring in emergency rooms Deaths in the operating room
	Chapter 3: The practicing physician and the Medical Examiner Physician responsibility in reporting deaths Organ and tissue utilization Organ donation Tissue donation Certification of death When autopsies are performed
	Chapter 4: Hospital staff and the Medical Examiner The hospital agent Hospital autopsy SIDS deaths Property disposition
	Chapter 5: Law enforcement and the Medical Examiner Scene investigation - Non homicide Scene investigation - Homicide Scene investigation - Questionable deaths Contacting the physician Scene investigation - Traffic fatalities Police report Court testimony in criminal cases (NJA) "No Jurisdiction Assumed" deaths
	Chapter 6: Medical aid personnel and the Medical Examiner
	Chapter 7: Funeral home personnel and the Medical Examiner Injury deaths certified by an attending physician Burial/transit permits Indigent remains
	Chapter 8: Miscellaneous information Geographic jurisdiction Handling and care of human remains Personal property procedure Release of information Death certificate Nursing homes and the Medical Examiner Medical records Presumptive death certificates

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Revised Code of Washington (RCW)
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Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2004 at 03:43 PM

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