MCL - Act 181 of 1953
AN ACT relative to investigations in certain instances of the causes of death within this state due to violence, negligence or other act or omission of a criminal nature or to protect public health; to provide for the taking of statements from injured persons under certain circumstances; to abolish the office of coroner and to create the office of county medical examiner in certain counties; to prescribe the powers and duties of county medical examiners; to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions of this act; and to prescribe a referendum thereon.
History: 1953, Act 181, Eff. Jan. 1, 1954
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Am. 1969, Act 92, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969
| Document | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Section 52.201 | Section | Coroner; abolition of office; county medical examiner; appointment; terms; vacancies; civil service; qualifications; agreement among counties. |
| Section 52.201a | Section | Deputy county medical examiner and medical examiner investigators; appointment; qualifications; approval; duties of investigator. |
| Section 52.201b | Section | Repealed. 2002, Act 22, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 2002. |
| Section 52.201c | Section | County medical examiner; powers and duties; establishment of elderly and vulnerable adult death review team. |
| Section 52.201d | Section | Deputy county medical examiners; appointment in counties under civil service. |
| Section 52.201e | Section | County medical examiner and deputies; compensation and expenses. |
| Section 52.201f | Section | County medical examiner and deputies; removal. |
| Section 52.202 | Section | Investigation by county medical examiner as to cause and manner of death; prisoners; medical records, papers, or documents; exemption from disclosure; definitions. |
| Section 52.203 | Section | Notice to county medical examiner by physician or individual with knowledge of certain deaths; knowledge that 2 or more individuals involved were same age, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, and race; notice not required; review by elderly and vulnerable adult death review team; disclosure. |
| Section 52.204 | Section | Violent, unexpected or medically unattended deaths; removal of body, notice; violation of section, penalty. |
| Section 52.205 | Section | Notice of body; manner of death; removal of body to morgue; investigation; designation and duties of medical examiner investigator; list of investigators and qualifications; autopsy; ascertaining identity of decedent and notifying next of kin; impossible identification or knowledge that 2 individuals share same attributes; records; disposition of body; retention of portion of body. |
| Section 52.205a | Section | Sudden death, cause unknown, of child under age of 2 years; report; request for autopsy; notice of results; costs; rules. |
| Section 52.206 | Section | Private morgue; compensation. |
| Section 52.207 | Section | Violent, unexpected or medically unattended deaths; investigation by county medical examiner; inquest. |
| Section 52.208 | Section | Violent, unexpected or medically unattended deaths; personalty found on deceased's person, possession, inventory, disposition, use as evidence. |
| Section 52.209 | Section | Body determined suitable for donation; agreement; release of information; conduct of examination within certain time period; section to be known as "Kyle Ray Horning's law." |
| Section 52.210 | Section | Removal of body to crematory; permit from county medical examiner; violation of section, penalty. |
| Section 52.211 | Section | County medical examiner; records. |
| Section 52.212 | Section | County medical examiner and deputies; testimony, expenses. |
| Section 52.213 | Section | Coroner; transfer of powers and duties to county medical examiner, abolition of office; transfer of proceedings and records. |
| Section 52.213a | Section | Coroner; transfer of powers and duties to county medical examiner, abolition of office; transfer of proceedings. |
| Section 52.213b | Section | Coroner; transfer of records. |
| Section 52.213c | Section | County health officer; designation as county medical examiner. |
| Section 52.214, 52.215 | Section | Repealed. 1969, Act 92, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969. |
| Section 52.216 | Section | Coroners; completion of term after effective date of act. |