MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT OF 1986
- Section 41-61-51 - Short title
- Section 41-61-53 - Definitions
- Section 41-61-55 - State Medical Examiner; appointment; discharge; qualifications; State Medical Examiner Advisory Council; composition and purpose
- Section 41-61-57 - County medical examiner; county medical examiner investigator; qualifications; appointment of coroner pro tempore; deputy; removal
- Section 41-61-59 - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] Report of death to medical examiner; investigation of death; remote testimony by employees of Mississippi Forensics Laboratory and Office of Medical Examiner permitted; compensation of chief medical examiner or investigator
- Section 41-61-59 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Report of death to medical examiner; investigation of death; remote testimony by employees of Mississippi Forensics Laboratory and Office of Medical Examiner permitted; compensation of chief medical examiner or investigator
- Section 41-61-60 - [Repealed]
- Section 41-61-61 - County medical examiner to be notified of death; disturbing body at scene of death; notification to State Medical Examiner; penalty for violations; transporting body to autopsy facility
- Section 41-61-63 - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] Duties of State Medical Examiner; completion of death certificate; medical examiner not to favor particular funeral homes
- Section 41-61-63 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Duties of State Medical Examiner; completion of death certificate; medical examiner not to favor particular funeral homes
- Section 41-61-65 - Autopsy; reports; immunity from liability; review of determination
- Section 41-61-66 - Christian's Law; confidentiality of autopsy media records held by medical examiner; exceptions; penalties for violation
- Section 41-61-67 - Disinterment; costs; petition for order of exhumation
- Section 41-61-69 - Disposition of body without permission of medical examiner; penalties; disposal of body at sea
- Section 41-61-71 - [Repealed]
- Section 41-61-73 - [Repealed]
- Section 41-61-75 - [Effective Until 1/1/2028] Fees; expert witness; expenses; SIDS/Child Death Scene Investigation reports
- Section 41-61-75 - [Effective 1/1/2028] Fees; expert witness; expenses; SIDS/Child Death Scene Investigation reports
- Section 41-61-77 - Central office for Mississippi Forensics Laboratory and State Medical Examiner; use of private facilities for investigating deaths; personnel; pathologists
- Section 41-61-79 - Radio system; pager/beeper; morgue or morgue facility; photographic equipment; vehicle; costs