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Chief Medical Examiner
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- To be responsible for administering and executing a program of medico-legal death investigations which includes investigating causes of deaths that involve injury, are sudden, unexpected, and unexplained, or causes of death that may, in any way, endanger public health and safety.
- To be responsible for coordinating and directing other functions of the Office of the State Medical Examiner which include research in forensic pathology; education and training of resident and fellow physicians; training law enforcement personnel in techniques of homicide investigations; and disseminating public information about causes of death in the State.
- To provide direct or indirect services to District Attorneys, the Courts, the Attorney General, funeral homes, families of decedents, hospitals and major medical academic centers, insurance companies, organ procurement organizations, local and state police investigators, fire departments, a variety of sister state agencies, and various Federal programs and agencies.
- To be responsible for maintaining and operating the State Morgue in accordance with established policies, procedures, standards and regulations.
- To coordinate activities of the Office of the State Medical Examiner with divisions in the Department of Health, notably the Division of Vital Statistics, the Division of Disease Prevention and Control and the Division of Health Laboratories.
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