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OR Rev Stat § 146.065 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.065 - Local medical examiners; appointment; Deputy State Medical Examiner.

(1) In each county there shall be a medical examiner for the purpose of investigating and certifying the cause and manner of deaths requiring investigation. (2) Each district medical examiner shall be appointed by the Chief Medical Examiner with approval of the appropriate board or boards of commissioners and may be discharged by the Chief Medical Examiner without such approval. (3) If the position of district medical examiner is vacant, the local health officer shall temporarily act as medical examiner in cooperation with the Chief Medical Examiner until the vacancy is filled. (4) If the positions of district medical examiner and local health officer are both vacant, the district attorney shall temporarily act as medical examiner in cooperation with the Chief Medical Examiner until the vacancy is filled. (5) Two or more counties, with the approval of the State Medical Examiner Advisory Board and commissioners of each county, may form a district medical examiner’s office instead of an office for each such county. (6) When a county or district has a population of 200,000 or more persons, the Chief Medical Examiner may, with the approval of the State Medical Examiner Advisory Board, appoint a Deputy State Medical Examiner for that county or district. (7) The compensation of the Deputy State Medical Examiner shall be paid by the state from funds available for such purpose. (8) The services of the Deputy State Medical Examiner may be contracted by the Department of State Police. These contracts may be terminated by either party at any time by written notice to the other party to the agreement and, upon termination, the appointment of such Deputy State Medical Examiner is terminated. [1973 c.408 §7; 1995 c.744 §11; 2015 c.736 §50; 2017 c.151 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 146.075 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.075 - District office duties; personnel; expenses for certain duties; records and reports.

(1) The district medical examiner shall serve as the administrator of the district medical examiner’s office. Subject to applicable provisions of a county personnel policy or civil service law, the district medical examiner may employ such other personnel as the district medical examiner deems necessary to operate the office. (2) All expenses of equipping, maintaining and operating the district medical examiner’s office, including the compensation of the district medical examiner and assistant district medical examiners, shall be paid by the county or counties of the district from funds budgeted for such purpose. (3) When a district medical examiner also serves as local health officer, the county shall separately budget the compensation and expenses to be paid for medical examiner’s duties. (4) All expenses of death investigations shall be paid from county funds budgeted for such purpose except that, in counties under 200,000 population upon the approval of the Chief Medical Examiner, one-half of the costs of autopsies ordered under ORS 146.117 shall be paid annually by the state from funds for such purpose. If funds available for this payment are insufficient to meet one-half of these costs, even proportional payments to the counties shall be made. (5) Expenses of burial or other disposition of an unclaimed body shall be paid by the county where the death occurs, as provided by ORS 146.100 (2), in the manner provided by ORS 146.121 (4). (6) Each district office shall maintain copies of the: (a) Reports of death investigation by the medical examiner; (b) Autopsy reports; (c) Laboratory analysis reports; and (d) Inventories of money or property of the deceased taken into custody during the investigation. (7) Reports and inventories maintained by the district office shall be available for inspection as provided by ORS 146.035 (5). (8) Copies of reports of death investigations by medical examiners and autopsy reports shall be forwarded to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. (9) Each district office shall maintain current records of: (a) All assistant district medical examiners appointed. (b) Appointments of each medical-legal death investigator appointed for the county or district. (c) The name, address and director of each licensed funeral home located within the county or district. (10) Each district office shall immediately in writing notify the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of all appointments and resignations of their medical examiners. [1973 c.408 §8; 1987 c.142 §2; 2015 c.736 §51; 2017 c.151 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 146.080 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.080 - Assistant district medical examiner.

(1) Each district medical examiner may appoint one or more assistant district medical examiners. (2) The qualifications of an assistant district medical examiner shall be prescribed by the State Medical Examiner Advisory Board. (3) When delegated by the district medical examiner, an assistant district medical examiner shall: (a) Assist the district medical examiner in investigating and certifying deaths. (b) Have the authority and responsibility to investigate and certify deaths requiring investigation. [1973 c.408 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 146.085 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 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 post-mortem examination or autopsy, or certify the cause and manner of death. [1973 c.408 §11; 2017 c.151 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 146.087 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.087

[1975 c.565 §1; renumbered 146.001]
OR Rev Stat § 146.088 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.088 - Officer or employee of public body.

A district medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, assistant district medical examiner or designated pathologist is deemed to be an officer or employee of a public body for purposes of ORS 30.260 to 30.300 while acting as a district medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, assistant district medical examiner or designated pathologist. [1995 c.744 §13; 2017 c.151 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 146.090 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.090 - Deaths requiring investigation.

(1) The medical examiner shall investigate and certify the cause and manner of all human deaths: (a) Apparently homicidal, suicidal or occurring under suspicious or unknown circumstances; (b) Resulting from the unlawful use of controlled substances or the use or abuse of chemicals or toxic agents; (c) Occurring while incarcerated in any jail, correction facility or in police custody; (d) Apparently accidental or following an injury; (e) By disease, injury or toxic agent during or arising from employment; (f) While not under the care of a physician during the period immediately previous to death; (g) Related to disease which might constitute a threat to the public health; or (h) In which a human body apparently has been disposed of in an offensive manner. (2) As used in this section, "offensive manner" means a manner offensive to the generally accepted standards of the community. [1973 c.408 §12; 1979 c.744 §4; 1985 c.207 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 146.095 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.095 - Investigation; certification; report; training.

(1) The district medical examiner and the district attorney for the county where death occurs, as provided by ORS 146.100 (2), shall be responsible for the investigation of all deaths requiring investigation. (2) The medical examiner shall certify the manner and the cause of all deaths which the medical examiner is required to investigate. The report of death shall be submitted to a county registrar as required by ORS 432.133. (3) The medical examiner shall make a report of death investigation to the Chief Medical Examiner as soon as possible after being notified of a death requiring investigation. (4) Within five days after notification of a death requiring investigation, the medical examiner shall make a written report of the investigation and file it in the district medical examiner’s office. (5) The district medical examiner shall supervise the assistant district medical examiners and medical-legal death investigators in cooperation with the district attorney. (6) The district medical examiner shall regularly conduct administrative training programs for the assistant district medical examiners, medical-legal death investigators and law enforcement agencies. [1973 c.408 §9; 2013 c.366 §67; 2017 c.151 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 146.103 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.103 - Removal of body, effects or weapons prohibited without consent.

(1) In a death requiring an investigation, no person shall move a human body or body suspected of being human, or remove any of the effects of the deceased or instruments or weapons related to the death without the permission of a medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator or the district attorney. (2) No person shall move or remove any of the items specified in subsection (1) of this section if the medical examiner or district attorney objects. (3) A medical examiner, district attorney or medical-legal death investigator shall take custody of or exercise control over the body, the effects of the deceased and any weapons, instruments, vehicles, buildings or premises which the medical examiner, district attorney or medical-legal death investigator has reason to believe were involved in the death, in order to preserve evidence relating to the cause and manner of death. (4) In a death requiring investigation, no person shall undress, embalm, cleanse the surface of the body or otherwise alter the appearance or the state of the body without the permission of the medical examiner or the district attorney. [1973 c.408 §14; 2017 c.151 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 146.107 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.107 - Authority to enter and secure certain premises; court order.

(1) A medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator or district attorney may enter any room, dwelling, building or other place in which the medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator or district attorney has reasonable cause to believe that a body or evidence of the circumstances of death requiring investigation may be found. (2) If refused entry, the medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator or district attorney may apply to any judge authorized to issue search warrants for an order to enter such premises, search for and seize a body or any evidence of the cause or manner of death. (3) Upon application supported by an affidavit setting forth facts and circumstances tending to show that a body or such evidence of death is in the place to be searched, the judge shall issue such order to enter and search and seize. (4) To preserve evidence, a medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator or district attorney may: (a) Place under the custody or control of the medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator or district attorney, or enclose or lock any room, dwelling, building or other enclosure for a period of not more than five days. (b) Rope off or otherwise restrict entry to any open area. (c) Forbid the entrance of any unauthorized person into the area specified under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection. (5) No person shall enter upon the enclosures or areas specified in subsection (4) of this section without the permission of the medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator or district attorney. [1973 c.408 §15; 2017 c.151 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 146.109 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.109 - Notification of next of kin.

(1) Upon identifying the body, the medical examiner shall immediately attempt to locate the next of kin or responsible friends to obtain the designation of a funeral home to which the deceased is to be taken. (2) If unable to promptly obtain a designation of funeral home from the next of kin or responsible friends, the medical examiner or medical-legal death investigator shall designate the funeral home. In designating the funeral home, the medical examiner or medical-legal death investigator shall be fair and equitable among the funeral homes listed in the office of the district medical examiner. [1973 c.408 §16; 2017 c.151 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 146.113 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.113 - Authority to order removal of body fluids.

(1) A medical examiner or district attorney may, in any death requiring investigation, order samples of blood or urine taken for laboratory analysis. (2) When a death requiring an investigation as a result of a motor vehicle accident occurs within five hours after the accident and the deceased is over 13 years of age, a blood sample shall be taken and forwarded to an approved laboratory for analysis. Such blood or urine samples shall be analyzed for the presence and quantity of ethyl alcohol, and if considered necessary by the Chief Medical Examiner, the presence of cannabis or controlled substances. (3) Laboratory reports of the analysis shall be made a part of the Chief Medical Examiner’s and district medical examiner’s files. [1973 c.408 §17; 1979 c.744 §5; 2017 c.21 §41; 2017 c.151 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 146.117 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.117 - Autopsies.

(1) A medical examiner or district attorney may order an autopsy performed in any death requiring investigation. This authorization for an autopsy shall permit the pathologist to remove and retain body tissues or organs from the deceased for the purpose of the legal or medical determination of the manner or cause of death, or other purposes approved under policies established by the State Medical Examiner Advisory Board. (2) If an autopsy is ordered, the medical examiner shall obtain the services of a pathologist authorized under ORS 146.045 (2)(b). (3) A pathologist may not receive compensation for performing the autopsy if, as medical examiner, the pathologist ordered the autopsy. [1973 c.408 §18; 1987 c.142 §4; 1995 c.744 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 146.121 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.121 - Disposition of body; filing; expenses.

(1) No person shall bury or otherwise dispose of the body of a person whose death required investigation, without having first obtained a burial, cremation or reduction permit, or a report of death completed and signed by a medical examiner. (2) When a medical examiner investigates the death of a person whose body is not claimed by a friend or relative within five days of the date of death, the sheriff or, in counties having a population of 400,000 or more, the medical examiner shall dispose of the body according to the provisions of ORS 97.170 to 97.210. (3) If the medical examiner is unable to dispose of the body of a deceased person according to subsection (2) of this section, the medical examiner may order in writing that the body be either cremated, reduced or plainly and decently buried. (4) The sheriff or medical examiner shall file a copy of the report of death, the order for disposition and a verified statement of the expenses of the cremation, reduction or burial with the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall pay such expenses, or any proportion thereof as may be available, from county funds annually budgeted for this purpose. [1973 c.408 §19; 1995 c.744 §16; 2013 c.366 §68; 2021 c.296 §25] Note: The amendments to 146.121 by section 25, chapter 296, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative July 1, 2022. See section 33, chapter 296, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative until July 1, 2022, is set forth for the user’s convenience. (1) No person shall bury or otherwise dispose of the body of a person whose death required investigation, without having first obtained a burial or cremation permit, or a report of death completed and signed by a medical examiner. (2) When a medical examiner investigates the death of a person whose body is not claimed by a friend or relative within five days of the date of death, the sheriff or, in counties having a population of 400,000 or more, the medical examiner shall dispose of the body according to the provisions of ORS 97.170 to 97.210. (3) If the medical examiner is unable to dispose of the body of a deceased person according to subsection (2) of this section, the medical examiner may order in writing that the body be either cremated or plainly and decently buried. (4) The sheriff or medical examiner shall file a copy of the report of death, the order for disposition and a verified statement of the expenses of the cremation or burial with the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall pay such expenses, or any proportion thereof as may be available, from county funds annually budgeted for this purpose.
OR Rev Stat § 146.125 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.125 - Disposition of personal property.

(1) The medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, district attorney or sheriff may temporarily retain possession of any property found on the body or in the possession of the deceased that in the opinion of the medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, district attorney or sheriff may be useful in establishing the cause or manner of death or may be used in further proceedings. (2) When a medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, district attorney or sheriff assumes control or custody of money or personal property found on the body or in the possession of the deceased, the medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, district attorney or sheriff shall: (a) Make a verified inventory of such money or property. (b) File the inventory in the district medical examiner’s office. (c) Deposit the money with the county treasurer to the credit of the county general fund. (3) If personal property is not retained by the medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, district attorney or sheriff, and is not claimed within 30 days, the inventory shall be filed with the board of county commissioners to be disposed of as follows: (a) If the property has value, the board may order it sold and after deducting the cost of sale, shall deposit the proceeds of the sale with the county treasurer to the credit of the county general fund. (b) If the property has no value in the judgment of the board, the board may order the sheriff to destroy such property. (4) Any expenses incurred by the county in transporting or disposing of the body may be deducted from the money or proceeds of the sale of personal property before it is delivered to a claimant. (5) If it appears that the person whose death required investigation died wholly intestate and without heirs, the county whose official has control or custody of the property shall notify an estate administrator of the State Treasurer appointed under ORS 113.235 within 15 days after the death. (6) If a legally qualified personal representative, spouse, next of kin or estate administrator of the State Treasurer: (a) Claims the money of the deceased, the county treasurer shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, deliver such money to the claimant. (b) Within 30 days, claims the personal property of the deceased, the property shall be delivered to such claimant subject to the provisions of subsections (1) and (5) of this section. (7) If money of the deceased is not claimed within seven years, the money is presumed abandoned as provided by ORS 98.302 to 98.436 and 98.992 and the board of county commissioners shall order the county treasurer to deliver and report the money to the State Treasurer as required by ORS 98.352. [1973 c.408 §20; 1977 c.582 §5; 2003 c.395 §19; 2017 c.151 §19; 2019 c.678 §55]
OR Rev Stat § 146.135 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 146 - Investigations of Deaths, Injuries and Missing Persons|Section 146.135 - Authority to order inquest.

(1) The district attorney for the county where the death occurs may order an inquest to obtain a jury finding of the cause and manner of death in any case requiring investigation. (2) For the purpose of conducting an inquest, the district attorney shall have the powers of a judicial officer as described by ORS 1.240 and 1.250. (3) The district attorney shall advise the jury of inquest as to its duties and instruct the jury on questions of law. (4) The district attorney shall cause a record of the inquest proceedings to be made which shall include the written order of inquest, a record of the testimony of witnesses and the written verdict of the jury. (5) Within a reasonable time after the verdict is returned, the record of inquest shall be filed in the district medical examiner’s office for the county where the inquest was held. (6) A copy of the order of inquest and verdict of the jury shall be filed in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. (7) The record of inquest shall be available for inspection as provided by ORS 146.035 (5). [1973 c.408 §21; 1987 c.142 §3; 2017 c.151 §20]