Sec. 19a-409. (Formerly Sec. 19-533). Issuance of death certificate.
Sec. 19a-409. (Formerly Sec. 19-533). Issuance of death certificate. The Office
of the Chief Medical Examiner shall complete its investigation where reasonably possible within thirty days. Upon completion of the investigation, the Chief Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, an associate medical examiner, an authorized
assistant medical examiner or a pathologist designated by the Chief Medical Examiner
shall file a death certificate, or a certificate supplementing that already filed, with the
registrar of vital statistics for the town in which the death occurred, if known, or, if
not known, for the town in which the body was found. If the deceased is unidentified,
fingerprints of both hands and a photograph of the body, provided mortification has not
proceeded so far or the nature of the cause of death was not such as to make identification
impossible, shall be sent by said office to such registrar of vital statistics and copies
shall be sent to the Department of Public Health and to the Division of State Police
within the Department of Public Safety.
(1969, P.A. 699, S. 10; 1971, P.A. 412, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 486, 610; P.A. 79-47, S. 12; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39;
P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1971 act replaced office of medicolegal investigations with office of medical examiner and required completion
of investigations "where reasonably possible, within thirty days" rather than "as soon as reasonably possible, but in any
event within thirty days"; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services and made state
police department a division within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-47 added word
"chief" to agency name and gave deputy chief medical examiner, associate medical examiners and designated pathologists
power to file death certificate; Sec. 19-533 transferred to Sec. 19a-409 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health
services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner
and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective
July 1, 1995.