Sec. 20-216. Medical examiner's permission for embalming.
Sec. 20-216. Medical examiner's permission for embalming. No person shall
inject any fluid or substance into the body of any person whose death is subject to
investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner until permission has been
obtained from the Chief Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, an associate medical examiner or an authorized assistant medical examiner.
(1949 Rev., S. 4536; 1951, S. 2255d; 1969, P.A. 699, S. 29; 1971, P.A. 412, S. 11; P.A. 79-47, S. 17.)
History: 1969 act prohibited injections into body of person "whose death is subject to investigation by the office of
medicolegal investigations", replacing reference to person "who has come to a sudden, violent or untimely death or ...
found dead the manner of whose death is not known" and replaced reference to town medical examiner with reference to
chief, deputy or authorized assistant medical examiner; 1971 act deleted reference to permission of county coroner and
replaced office of medicolegal investigations with office of the medical examiner; P.A. 79-47 changed office title to office
of the chief medical examiner, replaced deputy medical examiner with deputy chief medical examiner and added associate
medical examiner.