Mandatory reporting to and postmortem investigation of deaths by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

33 V.S.A. ch. 069, § 6905, under Chapter 069: Reports of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults.

33 V.S.A. ch. 069, § 6905

§ 6905. Mandatory reporting to and postmortem investigation of deaths by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

When a person making a report of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult has reasonable cause to believe that a vulnerable adult died as a result of abuse or neglect, the Department shall notify the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner immediately. (Added 1985, No. 78, § 5; amended 2001, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. June 13, 2002; 2015, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)