Cooperative Action

(a) All law enforcement officers, prosecuting attorneys, and other officials shall cooperate fully with the Office of Post-Mortem Examinations in making the investigations and conducting the autopsies herein provided for. Such officials and all physicians, undertakers, embalmers and other persons shall promptly notify the Office of the occurrence of all deaths coming to their attention which under this Chapter are subject to investigation by the Office, and shall assist in making dead bodies and related evidence available to the Office for investigations and autopsies. In cases of apparent homicide or suicide, or of accidental death the cause of which is obscure, the scene of the event shall not be disturbed until authorization by the appropriate law enforcement officials. (b) Any physician, undertaker or embalmer who wilfully fails to comply with this Section shall be guilty of a violation. SOURCE: GC § 49105, as amended by P.L. 13-187 (Sept. 2, 1976).