Rhode Island § 23-4-4 § 23-4-4. Jurisdiction.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 23-4-4 — § 23-4-4. Jurisdiction.

Rhode Island·Title 23 Health and Safety·Ch. 23-4 Office of State Medical Examiners

§ 23-4-4. Jurisdiction.
The office of state medical examiners shall have the authority to make postmortem
            examinations, to undertake inquests, and to perform autopsies where there may be in
            its judgment a reasonable belief that the manner of death could be pronounced as:
         
(1) Death by a homicide, suicide, or casualty;
         
(2) Death due to a criminal abortion;
         
(3) Death due to an accident involving lack of due care on the part of a person other
            than the deceased;
         
(4) Death which is the immediate or

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§ 23-4-4. Jurisdiction.

The office of state medical examiners shall have the authority to make postmortem examinations, to undertake inquests, and to perform autopsies where there may be in its judgment a reasonable belief that the manner of death could be pronounced as:

(1) Death by a homicide, suicide, or casualty;

(2) Death due to a criminal abortion;

(3) Death due to an accident involving lack of due care on the part of a person other than the deceased;

(4) Death which is the immediate or remote consequences of any physical or toxic injury incurred while the deceased person was employed;

(5) Death due to the use of addictive or unidentifiable chemical agents; or

(6) Death due to an infectious agent capable of spreading an epidemic within the state.

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