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Chapter 38

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38

Medical Examiners and Inquests

1Definitions 2Chief medical examiner; qualifications; appointment; powers and duties; district medical examiners 2AState and local multidisciplinary child fatality review teams 2BDuties of chief medical examiner regarding death of a child under the age of 2 3Duty to report deaths; failure to report 4Investigation; transportation of bodies 4ADeath resulting from single-vehicle accident; blood sample analysis; liability of medical examiner 5Cooperation with office of chief medical examiner 6Unmarked 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 7Attorney general; notice of circumstances of death 8Inquests 9Accidental deaths; public conveyances; transcript of inquest 10Report of findings by court 11Persons charged with crime; arrest 12Embalming fluid; restriction on use 13Release of body; pronouncement of death 14Bodies intended for cremation or burial at sea; authorization; fees 15Personal property of deceased; disposition 16Required reports relating to certain controlled substances; sole cause of death; exposure of children