Massachusetts General Laws
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 38 - Medical Examiners and Inquests

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...

Section 2 - Chief Medical Examiner; Qualifications; Appointment; Powers and Duties; District Medical Examiners - Section 2. There shall be an office of chief medical...

Section 2a - State and Local Multidisciplinary Child Fatality Review Teams - Section 2A. (a) As used in this section, the following...

Section 3 - Duty to Report Deaths; Failure to Report - Section 3. It shall be the duty of any person...

Section 4 - Investigation; Transportation of Bodies - Section 4. Upon notification of a death in the circumstances...

Section 4a - Death Resulting From Single-Vehicle Accident; Blood Sample Analysis; Liability of Medical Examiner - Section 4A. If, after making inquiry pursuant to section four,...

Section 5 - Cooperation With Office of Chief Medical Examiner - Section 5. All law enforcement officers, district medical examiners, hospitals...

Section 6 - Unmarked Human Remains; Notice to Office of Chief Medical Examiner; Reasonable Attempt to Identify; Notification of Commission on Indian Affairs When Remains Suspected to Be 100 Years Old or More - Section 6. (a) It shall be the duty of a...

Section 7 - Attorney General; Notice of Circumstances of Death - Section 7. If, during the course of investigation, the medical...

Section 8 - Inquests - Section 8. The chief medical examiner or his designee may...

Section 9 - Accidental Deaths; Public Conveyances; Transcript of Inquest - Section 9. If the court determines that the inquest relates...

Section 10 - Report of Findings by Court - Section 10. The court shall report in writing when, where,...

Section 11 - Persons Charged With Crime; Arrest - Section 11. If a person charged by an inquest report...

Section 12 - Embalming Fluid; Restriction on Use - Section 12. No embalming fluid, or any substitute therefor, shall...

Section 13 - Release of Body; Pronouncement of Death - Section 13. After investigation or examination by the office, the...

Section 14 - Bodies Intended for Cremation or Burial at Sea; Authorization; Fees - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated March...

Section 15 - Personal Property of Deceased; Disposition - Section 15. A medical examiner responding to the scene of...

Section 16 - Required Reports Relating to Certain Controlled Substances; Sole Cause of Death; Exposure of Children - Section 16. (a) The chief medical examiner shall file a...