Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 506
Duties and compensation of the Chief Medical Examiner performing autopsy
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At such autopsy, the Chief Medical Examiner shall take and preserve under proper seal, such portions of the body and its contents, together with such other articles as he or she judges may require subsequent examination in the investigation of the case. For performing such autopsy, he or she shall be paid his or her actual expenses, including the expenses of his or her assistants. The Commissioner of Finance and Management, upon presentation of the account for such expenses, duly sworn to by the Chief Medical Examiner and approved by the Attorney General, shall issue his or her warrant therefor.
At such autopsy, the Chief Medical Examiner shall take and preserve under proper seal, such portions of the body and its contents, together with such other articles as he or she judges may require subsequent examination in the investigation of the case. For performing such autopsy, he or she shall be paid his or her actual expenses, including the expenses of his or her assistants. The Commissioner of Finance and Management, upon presentation of the account for such expenses, duly sworn to by the Chief Medical Examiner and approved by the Attorney General, shall issue his or her warrant therefor.
Amended 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(a), (b); 1971, No. 33, § 3, eff. July 1, 1971; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.
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