New York Laws
Article 24 - Provisions Applicable to New York City
939 - Medical Assistants in Counties of New York and Kings.

ยง 939. Medical assistants in counties of New York and Kings. The
district attorneys of the county of New York and of the county of Kings
are each authorized and empowered to appoint and at pleasure to remove a
medical assistant, who shall be a physician and surgeon, resident of the
county in which he is appointed, and who shall have been for at least
ten years duly licensed to practice medicine in this state. It shall be
the duty of such medical assistant, under the supervision and direction
of the district attorney, to examine into and report on all cases of
suspicious, sudden and unusual death and wounding within the county, and
to perform such duties as the district attorney may direct in connection
with the official duties of such district attorney in the enforcement
and administration of the criminal laws. Such medical assistant shall
have the power and authority, whenever so directed by the district
attorney, to dissect, perform an autopsy upon, or attend an autopsy upon
any dead body of a human being. The salaries of the medical assistants
of the county of New York and of the county of Kings shall be fixed and
determined by the district attorney of New York county and the board of
estimate, respectively, and shall be county charges.

Structure New York Laws

New York Laws

CNT - County

Article 24 - Provisions Applicable to New York City

900 - Devolution of Powers and Duties on the County of Bronx.

901 - Office of the Sheriff.

902 - Certain Office Hours.

903 - Official Seals and Signatures.

904 - Court and Trust Fund Register and Liability of Officers.

905 - Liability of Commissioner of Finance and Surety for Loss of Court and Trust Funds.

906 - Liability of City of New York for Loss of Court and Trust Funds.

907 - Certain Publications in County of Bronx.

908 - Appointment and Salary of County Clerks.

909 - Additional General Duties of County Clerks.

910 - Official Undertakings of County Clerks.

911 - Appointment and Salaries of Counsel to the County Clerks.

912 - Subordinate Employees in Offices of County Clerks; Salaries.

913 - Official Undertakings of Subordinates in Offices of County Clerks.

914 - Duties of Deputy County Clerks.

915 - Fees of County Clerks.

916 - Accounts of Money to Be Kept in Offices of County Clerks.

917 - Transcripts of Accounts in Offices of County Clerks; Violations.

918 - General Provisions Pertaining to Records in Offices of County Clerks.

919 - Block Indices in Offices of County Clerks.

919-A - Block Indices in the Office of the County Clerk in the County of Richmond.

920 - Alphabetical Indices in Offices of County Clerks.

921 - Current Minute Books and Indices in Office of County Clerk of New York County.

922 - Judgment Docket in Office of County Clerk of New York County.

923 - Current Docket Books and Filing for Bronx County.

924 - Photo Recording.

925 - Certificate of Searching Records and Copies.

926 - Election of District Attorneys; Term and Vacancies.

927 - General Duties of District Attorneys.

928 - Salary of District Attorneys.

929 - Official Undertaking of District Attorneys.

930 - Assistant District Attorneys; Salaries.

931 - Employees of the District Attorneys in Counties Contained Within the City of New York.

932 - Exemption of District Attorneys From Payment of Certain Fees.

933 - Appropriations for Extraordinary Criminal Actions.

934 - Cost of Removed Criminal Trials.

935 - Disposition of Property by District Attorney of New York County.

937 - County Detectives in Counties Within City of New York.

938 - County Detective in Counties of Bronx and Kings.

939 - Medical Assistants in Counties of New York and Kings.

940 - Commissioner of Finance as Trustee of Cemetery Lots.

940-A - Food and Lodging for Certain Jurors.

941 - Liability for Torts.

942 - Duty to Furnish Facilities for Courts of Record.

943 - Representation of Indigent Persons Accused of Crime.