Massachusetts Chapter 38 — Medical Examiners and Inquests
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 1— Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 2— Chief medical examiner; qualifications; appointment; powers and duties; district medical examiners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 2A— State and local multidisciplinary child fatality review teams
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 2B— Duties of chief medical examiner regarding death of a child under the age of 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 3— Duty to report deaths; failure to report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 4— Investigation; transportation of bodies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 4A— Death resulting from single-vehicle accident; blood sample analysis; liability of medical examiner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 5— Cooperation with office of chief medical examiner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 6— Unmarked human remains; notice to office of chief medical examiner; reasonable attempt to identify; notification of commission on Indian affairs when remains suspected to be 100 years old or more
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 7— Attorney general; notice of circumstances of death
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 8— Inquests
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 9— Accidental deaths; public conveyances; transcript of inquest
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 10— Report of findings by court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 11— Persons charged with crime; arrest
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 12— Embalming fluid; restriction on use
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 13— Release of body; pronouncement of death
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 14— Bodies intended for cremation or burial at sea; authorization; fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 15— Personal property of deceased; disposition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 16— Required reports relating to certain controlled substances; sole cause of death; exposure of children