General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT |
TITLE VI. COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS |
CHAPTER 38. MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND INQUESTS |
SECTION 1. Definitions |
SECTION 1A to 1C. Repealed, 1992, 368, Sec. 2 |
SECTION 2. Chief medical examiner; qualifications; appointment; powers and duties; district medical examiners |
SECTION 2A. State and local multidisciplinary child fatality review teams |
SECTION 3. Duty to report deaths; failure to report |
SECTION 4. Investigation; transportation of bodies |
SECTION 4A. Death resulting from single-vehicle accident; blood sample analysis; liability of medical examiner |
SECTION 5. Cooperation with office of chief medical examiner |
SECTION 7. Attorney general; notice of circumstances of death |
SECTION 8. Inquests |
SECTION 9. Accidental deaths; public conveyances; transcript of inquest |
SECTION 10. Report of findings by court |
SECTION 11. Persons charged with crime; arrest |
SECTION 12. Embalming fluid; restriction on use |
SECTION 13. Release of body; pronouncement of death |
SECTION 14. Bodies intended for cremation or burial at sea; authorization; fees |
SECTION 15. Personal property of deceased; disposition |
SECTION 16. Required reports relating to certain controlled substances; sole cause of death; exposure of children |