Title 41, Public Health

(1) There are hereby created the positions of county medical examiners and county medical examiner investigators, to be established as herein provided through successful completion of the death investigation training school provided for in subsection (5) of this section. Each cou…

(1) A person’s death that affects the public interest as specified in subsection (2) of this section shall be promptly reported to the medical examiner by the physician in attendance, any hospital employee, any law enforcement officer having knowledge of the death, the embalmer o…

(1) Upon the death of any person where that death affects the public interest, the medical examiner of the county in which the body of the deceased is found or, if death occurs in a moving conveyance, where the conveyance stops and death is pronounced, shall be notified promptly …

(1) The State Medical Examiner shall:(a) Provide assistance, consultation and training to county medical examiners, county medical examiner investigators and law enforcement officials.(b) Keep complete records of all relevant information concerning deaths or crimes requiring inve…

(1) If, in the opinion of the medical examiner investigating the case, it is advisable and in the public interest that an autopsy or other study be made for the purpose of determining the primary and/or contributing cause of death, an autopsy or other study shall be made by the S…

(1) This section shall be referred to and may be cited as “Christian’s Law.” (2) For the purposes of this section:(a) “Surviving relative” means:(i) The surviving spouse of the deceased;(ii) If there is no surviving spouse, the surviving parents of the deceased;(iii) If there is …

(1) In any case of death where the body is or has been buried without investigation by a medical examiner as to the cause and manner of death, or where sufficient cause develops for further investigation after a body has been buried as determined by a medical examiner, the State …

(1) No person knowing or having reason to know that a death may be under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner shall embalm, bury or cremate the body without the permission of the medical examiner. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdem…

(1) For each investigation with the preparation and submission of the required reports, the following fees shall be billed to and paid by the county for which the service is provided:(a) A medical examiner or his deputy shall receive One Hundred Eighty-five Dollars ($185.00) for …

(1) The Department of Public Safety shall establish and maintain a central office for the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory and the State Medical Examiner with appropriate facilities and personnel for postmortem medicolegal examinations. District offices, with appropriate faciliti…

(1) The county medical examiner, county medical examiner investigator or deputies thereof may be furnished by the board of supervisors of the county:(a) A two-way radio for countywide communication, using similar frequencies to those used by the sheriff. The responsibility for th…