Oregon Law
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146.001[Formerly 146.087; repealed by 1987 c.517 §1 (432.300 enacted in lieu of 146.001)] 146.003Definitions for ORS 146.003 to 146.189 and 146.710 to 146.992 146.005[1959 c.629 §8; 1965 c.221 §14; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.010[Amended by 1959 c.629 §16; renumbered 10.810] 146.015State Medical Examiner Advisory Board; appointment of Chief Medical Examiner; rules 146.020[Renumbered 10.820] 146.025Functions of board 146.030[1959 c.629 §10; 1965 c.221 §15; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.035Chief Medical Examiner; personnel; records; right to examine records 146.040[1959 c.629 §1; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.045Duties of Chief Medical Examiner; persons missing at sea, in wilderness or in forested environment 146.050[1959 c.629 §2; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.055Advice; autopsies; training programs; report 146.060[1959 c.629 §3; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.065Local medical examiners; appointment; Deputy State Medical Examiner 146.070[1959 c.629 §4; 1969 c.314 §8; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.075District office duties; personnel; expenses for certain duties; records and reports 146.080Assistant district medical examiner 146.085Medical-legal death investigators 146.087[1975 c.565 §1; renumbered 146.001] 146.088Officer or employee of public body 146.090Deaths requiring investigation 146.095Investigation; certification; report; training 146.100Where death considered to have occurred; notification of death required 146.102Guidance concerning overdose death communication; notification 146.103Removal of body, effects or weapons prohibited without consent 146.105[1959 c.629 §7; repealed by 1965 c.221 §7] 146.107Authority to enter and secure certain premises; court order 146.109Notification of next of kin 146.110[Amended by 1959 c.629 §34; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.113Authority to order removal of body fluids 146.115[Amended by 1955 c.190 §1; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.117Autopsies 146.120[Amended by 1959 c.629 §35; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.121Disposition of body; filing; expenses 146.130[Amended by 1959 c.629 §36; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.135Authority to order inquest 146.140[Amended by 1959 c.629 §37; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.145Jury of inquest 146.150[Amended by 1959 c.629 §38; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.155Inquest proceedings 146.160[Amended by 1959 c.629 §39; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.165Verdict; findings; testimony and verdict of inquest as admissible evidence in subsequent proceedings 146.170[Amended by 1955 c.161 §1; 1959 c.629 §40; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.171Unidentified human remains; maintenance of records 146.174Medical examiner to provide information about unidentified human remains; identification 146.177Procedures for investigating missing persons 146.180[Repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.181Missing persons; police report; supplementary report 146.184Medical practitioners to provide information about missing persons 146.187DNA sample 146.189Use of records to identify human remains and missing persons; disposition of records 146.190[Amended by 1959 c.629 §41; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.200[Repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.210[Amended by 1959 c.629 §42; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.220[Repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.230[Repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.240[Repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.250[Amended by 1953 c.568 §3; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.260[Amended by 1953 c.568 §3; repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.270[Repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.280[Repealed by 1965 c.221 §27] 146.310[1965 c.221 §2; 1971 c.487 §3; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.315[1971 c.487 §2; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.320[1965 c.221 §5; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.330[1965 c.221 §3; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.340[1965 c.221 §4; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.350[1965 c.221 §6; 1971 c.487 §4; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.360[1965 c.221 §7; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.370[1965 c.221 §8; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.410[1959 c.629 §6; 1965 c.221 §16; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.420[1959 c.629 §9; 1963 c.98 §1; 1965 c.91 §1; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.430[1959 c.629 §11; 1961 c.434 §3; 1965 c.91 §2; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.440[1959 c.629 §12; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.450[1959 c.629 §13; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.460[1959 c.629 §14; repealed by 1965 c.91 §3 (146.461 enacted in lieu of 146.460)] 146.461[1965 c.91 §4 (enacted in lieu of 146.460); repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.470[1959 c.629 §15; 1961 c.434 §4; 1965 c.91 §5; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.480[1959 c.629 §17; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.490[1959 c.629 §18; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.500[1959 c.629 §19; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.505[1983 c.390 §1; renumbered 146.171 in 2007] 146.510[1959 c.629 §20; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.515[1983 c.390 §2; 2007 c.500 §5; renumbered 146.174 in 2007] 146.520[1959 c.629 §21; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.525[1983 c.390 §3; 1989 c.1059 §3; 2007 c.500 §3; renumbered 146.181 in 2007] 146.530[1959 c.629 §22; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.535[1983 c.390 §4; 2007 c.500 §6; renumbered 146.184 in 2007] 146.540[1959 c.629 §23; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.545[1983 c.390 §5; 2007 c.500 §7; renumbered 146.189 in 2007] 146.550[1959 c.629 §24; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.560[1959 c.629 §25; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.565[1961 c.434 §2; 1965 c.91 §6; 1965 c.439 §4; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.570[1959 c.629 §26; 1967 c.632 §1; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.580[1959 c.629 §27; 1961 c.434 §5; 1967 c.632 §2; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.590[1959 c.629 §§28,29; 1961 c.434 §6; 1967 c.632 §3; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.600[1959 c.629 §30; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.610[1959 c.629 §31; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.710Definition for ORS 146.710 to 146.780 146.720[1963 c.621 §§3,4; 1965 c.221 §17; repealed by 1965 c.472 §9] 146.730Investigation 146.740Reports of medical examiner 146.750Injuries to be reported to law enforcement agency 146.760Immunity of participant in making of report 146.770[1965 c.472 §6; 1971 c.451 §14; renumbered 418.775] 146.780Confidentiality of records and reports 146.990[Subsection (1) enacted as 1959 c.629 §45; subsection (3) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1963 c.621 §7; 1965 c.221 §20; 1965 c.472 §8; 1971 c.451 §16; repealed by 1973 c.408 §35] 146.992Penalties

Chapter 146 — Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons INVESTIGATION OF DEATHS 146.125 Disposition of personal property

ORS 146.085 Medical-legal death investigators

(1)

The district medical examiner shall appoint, subject to the approval of the district attorney and applicable civil service regulations, qualified medical-legal death investigators, including the sheriff or a deputy sheriff and a member of the Oregon State Police for each county. Other peace officers may also be appointed as medical-legal death investigators.

(2)

The district medical examiner and the district attorney shall establish qualifications for medical-legal death investigators.

(3)

Each medical-legal death investigator shall be individually appointed and the name of the medical-legal death investigator shall be on file in the office of the district medical examiner.

(4)

A medical-legal death investigator shall investigate deaths subject to the control and direction of the district medical examiner or the district attorney.

(5)

A medical-legal death investigator may authorize the removal of the body of a deceased person from the apparent place of death.

(6)

The medical-legal death investigator may not authorize embalming, order a postmortem examination or autopsy, or certify the cause and manner of death.

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