26 chapters · 317 sections in this title.
AS 12.65.005 Duty to notify state medical examiner.
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(a) Unless the person has reasonable grounds to believe that notice has already been given, a person who attends a death or has knowledge of a death, in addition to notifying a peace officer, shall immediately notify the state medical examiner when the death appears to have (1) b…
AS 12.65.007 No duty for peace officer to respond to the scene of an expected home death.
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(a) A peace officer is not required by state law to respond to the scene of an expected home death if (1) the death was expected to occur due to the dead person's state of health before death; (2) the death occurred at the dead person's home as expected due to the dead person's s…
AS 12.65.015 State medical examiner and deputies.
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(a) The commissioner of health shall appoint a state medical examiner to perform the duties set out in AS 12.65.015 — 12.65.025. The commissioner shall also appoint a deputy medical examiner, and may appoint assistant medical examiners, to perform or assist the state medical exam…
AS 12.65.020 Medical death investigations.
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(a) When a death is reported to the state medical examiner under AS 12.65.005, the state medical examiner or the deputy medical examiner shall perform a medical death investigation. When a person dies under circumstances that, in the opinion of the state medical examiner, warrant…