HB 480 -- Coroners and Medical Examiners

Sponsor:  Cooper (158)

This bill changes the laws regarding the authority of county
coroners and medical examiners to conduct death investigations.
The bill requires that when a person dies while being transferred
from one county to another; while being transferred into the
state; while being treated in the emergency room of the receiving
facility; or by homicide, suicide, accident, criminal abortion,
child fatality, or by any unusual or suspicious manner, a death
investigation must be conducted by the coroner or medical
examiner in the county or state from which the person was being
transferred.  The coroner in the county in which a transferred
person dies (the receiving county) must obtain authorization from
the coroner in the transferring county before conducting an
investigation.  Currently, both county coroners are allowed to
investigate the death.  The coroner, medical examiner, or medical
facility staff in the county where a person is determined to be
dead must notify the coroner or medical examiner in the
transferring county of the death.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:19 pm