Article 1 Chief Medical Examiner and Postmortem Examinations

This article is comprised of the following sections:
  • §32.1-277 Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; central and district offices and facilities
  • §32.1-278 Appointment and qualifications of Chief Medical Examiner
  • §32.1-279 Duties of Chief Medical Examiner; teaching legal medicine
  • §32.1-280 Repealed
  • §32.1-281 Commissioner may obtain additional services and facilities
  • §32.1-282 Medical examiners
  • §32.1-282.1 Per diem medicolegal death investigators
  • §32.1-283 Investigation of deaths; obtaining consent to removal of organs, etc.; fees
  • §32.1-283.1 State Child Fatality Review Team; membership; access to and maintenance of records; confidentiality; etc
  • §32.1-283.2 Local and regional child fatality review teams established; membership; authority; confidentiality; immunity
  • §32.1-283.3 Family violence fatality review teams established; model protocol and data management; membership; authority; confidentiality, etc
  • §32.1-283.4 Confidentiality of certain information and records collected and maintained by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
  • §32.1-283.5 Adult Fatality Review Team; duties; membership; confidentiality; penalties; report; etc
  • §32.1-283.6 Local and regional adult fatality review teams established; membership; authority; confidentiality; immunity
  • §32.1-283.7 Local and regional overdose fatality review teams established; membership; authority; confidentiality; immunity
  • §32.1-283.8 Maternal Mortality Review Team; duties; membership; confidentiality; penalties; report; etc
  • §32.1-284 Repealed
  • §32.1-285 Autopsies
  • §32.1-285.1 Death of infants under eighteen months of age; autopsies required; definition of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  • §32.1-286 Exhumations
  • §32.1-287 Repealed
  • §32.1-288 Repealed