§ 4710 — Records and reports; evidence

(a) The Chief Medical Examiner is to keep full and complete records of the Division of Forensic Science pertaining to the investigation of deaths and postmortem examinations. Such records shall be properly indexed, giving the name, if known, of every deceased person investigated, the place where the body was found, the date and the cause of death and all other available information relating thereto. The original report of Medical Examiners and the detailed findings of the autopsy and subsequent laboratory examinations, if any, shall be attached to the record of each case.

(b) The Chief Medical Examiner shall deliver to the Attorney General copies of all records relating to every death in which, in the judgment of the investigating Medical Examiner, further investigation may be deemed advisable.

(c) The Attorney General may obtain from the Division of Forensic Science copies of all records or other information which the Attorney General may deem necessary.

(d) The records of the Division of Forensic Science prepared by the Director of the Division of Forensic Science or by anyone under the Director’s direction or supervision or a true copy thereof certified by the Director or the Chief Medical Examiner shall be received as competent evidence in any court in this State of the matters and facts therein contained.

Legislative History

29 Del. C. 1953, § 4713; 50 Del. Laws, c. 502, § 1 ; 57 Del. Laws, c. 140, § 1 ; 66 Del. Laws, c. 209, § 3 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 79 Del. Laws, c. 265, § 1