Georgia Code
Article 2 - Death Investigations
§ 45-16-25. Coroner’s or County Medical Examiner’s Duties After Notice of Suspicious or Unusual Death; Embalmment; Inventory and Disposition of Deceased’s Property; Use of Deceased’s Property for Evidence; Autopsy Required

History. Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 9; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1009, § 6; Ga. L. 1985, p. 843, § 5; Ga. L. 1989, p. 829, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1968, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 364, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1421, § 6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1585, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2009, p. 610, § 1/SB 38; Ga. L. 2010, p. 574, § 1/HB 1095; Ga. L. 2014, p. 708, § 1/SB 383; Ga. L. 2017, p. 625, § 4/SB 96.
The 2014 amendment, effective April 24, 2014, in subsection (c), added the second sentence, added the proviso at the end of the fourth sentence, and added the fifth sentence.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, inserted “, nurse practitioner, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant” near the beginning of the second sentence of paragraph (a)(1).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2014, “16-8-4” was substituted for “16-18-4” and “16-8-12” was substituted for “16-18-12”, respectively, in subsection (c).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1997, p. 1421, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Forensic Sciences Act of 1997.’

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