(a) For the purposes of Sections 41-61-51 through 41-61-79, the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Certification of death” means signing the death certificate.(b) “Coroner” means the elected county official provided for in Sections 19-21-101 through 19-21-107.(c) “County medical examiner investigator” means a nonphysician coroner or deputy coroner trained to investigate and certify deaths affecting the public interest.(d) “County medical examiner” means a licensed physician who is a coroner or deputy coroner trained to investigate and certify deaths affecting the public interest.(e) “Death affecting the public interest” means any death of a human being where the circumstances are sudden, unexpected, violent, suspicious or unattended.(f) “Medical examiner” means the medical examiner system which is composed of the State Medical Examiner, county medical examiners and county medical examiner investigators collectively, and is a jurisdictional identifier, not a title, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(g) “Medical examiner investigator” means a nonphysician appointed, trained and supervised by the State Medical Examiner to investigate and assist with the certification of deaths affecting the public interest.(h) “Pronouncement of death” means the statement of opinion that life has ceased for an individual.(i) “State Medical Examiner” means the person appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to Section 41-61-55 to investigate and certify deaths that affect the public interest.(j) “Autopsy” means a postmortem examination.(k) “Postmortem examination” means an examination of a dead human body that may include the least invasive to most invasive methods based on the expertise and judgment of the pathologist handling the case.(l) “Unclaimed human remains” means all coroner cases with a confirmed identification that have not been claimed by family or where no family has been located in order to claim the remains.(m) “Unidentified human remains” means deceased human remains, skeletonized or with tissue, which require the application of scientific identification methods to determine positive identity, as established by the State Medical Examiner. “Unidentified human remains” includes all deceased human remains without a positive identity, including those deceased human remains:(i) With or without a presumptive identification; or (ii) Which are visually unrecognizable due to traumatic injury or decomposition.“Unidentified human remains” do not include deceased human remains which have been determined to be solely archaeological in origin through consultation between the State Medical Examiner and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
(a) “Certification of death” means signing the death certificate.
(b) “Coroner” means the elected county official provided for in Sections 19-21-101 through 19-21-107.
(c) “County medical examiner investigator” means a nonphysician coroner or deputy coroner trained to investigate and certify deaths affecting the public interest.
(d) “County medical examiner” means a licensed physician who is a coroner or deputy coroner trained to investigate and certify deaths affecting the public interest.
(e) “Death affecting the public interest” means any death of a human being where the circumstances are sudden, unexpected, violent, suspicious or unattended.
(f) “Medical examiner” means the medical examiner system which is composed of the State Medical Examiner, county medical examiners and county medical examiner investigators collectively, and is a jurisdictional identifier, not a title, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(g) “Medical examiner investigator” means a nonphysician appointed, trained and supervised by the State Medical Examiner to investigate and assist with the certification of deaths affecting the public interest.
(h) “Pronouncement of death” means the statement of opinion that life has ceased for an individual.
(i) “State Medical Examiner” means the person appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to Section 41-61-55 to investigate and certify deaths that affect the public interest.
(j) “Autopsy” means a postmortem examination.
(k) “Postmortem examination” means an examination of a dead human body that may include the least invasive to most invasive methods based on the expertise and judgment of the pathologist handling the case.
(l) “Unclaimed human remains” means all coroner cases with a confirmed identification that have not been claimed by family or where no family has been located in order to claim the remains.
(m) “Unidentified human remains” means deceased human remains, skeletonized or with tissue, which require the application of scientific identification methods to determine positive identity, as established by the State Medical Examiner. “Unidentified human remains” includes all deceased human remains without a positive identity, including those deceased human remains:(i) With or without a presumptive identification; or (ii) Which are visually unrecognizable due to traumatic injury or decomposition.
(i) With or without a presumptive identification; or
(ii) Which are visually unrecognizable due to traumatic injury or decomposition.
“Unidentified human remains” do not include deceased human remains which have been determined to be solely archaeological in origin through consultation between the State Medical Examiner and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.