New York § 671 General duties of coroner, or coroner and coroner's physician, or medical examiner; additional duties may be directed

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§ 671 — General duties of coroner, or coroner and coroner's physician, or medical examiner; additional duties may be directed

New York § 671

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Art. 17-ACoroner, Coroner's Physician and Medical Examiner

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§ 671. General duties of coroner, or coroner and coroner's physician,\nor medical examiner; additional duties may be directed.

1.The coroner,\nor if he is not a physician duly licensed to practice medicine in this\nstate, the coroner and a coroner's physician, together, or in counties\nin which the office of coroner has been abolished, the medical examiner,\n (a) shall make inquiry into unnatural deaths within his county as\nprescribed by law;\n (b) shall make inquiry into all deaths whether natural or unnatural in\nhis or her county occurring to an incarcerated individual of a\ncorrectional facility as defined by subdivision three of section forty\nof the correction law, whether or not the death occurred inside such\nfacility.\n 2. The coroner shall perform such additional and relat

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§ 671. General duties of coroner, or coroner and coroner's physician,\nor medical examiner; additional duties may be directed. 1. The coroner,\nor if he is not a physician duly licensed to practice medicine in this\nstate, the coroner and a coroner's physician, together, or in counties\nin which the office of coroner has been abolished, the medical examiner,\n (a) shall make inquiry into unnatural deaths within his county as\nprescribed by law;\n (b) shall make inquiry into all deaths whether natural or unnatural in\nhis or her county occurring to an incarcerated individual of a\ncorrectional facility as defined by subdivision three of section forty\nof the correction law, whether or not the death occurred inside such\nfacility.\n 2. The coroner shall perform such additional and related duties as may\nbe prescribed by law and directed by the board of supervisors.\n 3. In those counties in which the office of coroner has been\nabolished, the medical examiner shall perform such additional and\nrelated duties involving exercise of professional skills and training as\nmay be prescribed by the board of supervisors and the district attorney.\n