§ 20-216 — Medical examiner's permission for embalming.

No person shall inject any fluid or substance into the body of any person whose death is subject to investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner until permission has been obtained from the Chief Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, an associate medical examiner or an authorized assistant medical examiner.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 4536; 1951, S. 2255d; 1969, P.A. 699, S. 29; 1971, P.A. 412, S. 11; P.A. 79-47, S. 17.) History: 1969 act prohibited injections into body of person “whose death is subject to investigation by the office of medicolegal investigations”, replacing reference to person “who has come to a sudden, violent or untimely death or ... found dead the manner of whose death is not known” and replaced reference to town medical examiner with reference to chief, deputy or authorized assistant medical examiner; 1971 act deleted reference to permission of county coroner and replaced office of medicolegal investigations with office of the medical examiner; P.A. 79-47 changed office title to office of the chief medical examiner, replaced deputy medical examiner with deputy chief medical examiner and added associate medical examiner.