§ 63-945. Person to perform autopsy - Extent - Report of findings.

When properly authorized, an autopsy shall be performed by the Chief Medical Examiner or such person as may be designated by him for such purpose.  The Chief Medical Examiner or a person designated by him may authorize arterial embalming of the body prior to the autopsy when such embalming would in his opinion not interfere with the autopsy.  The autopsy shall be made of such parts of the body as is deemed necessary by the person performing the autopsy.  A full and complete report of the facts developed by the autopsy together with the findings of the person making it shall be prepared and filed in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner without unnecessary delay.  Copies of such reports and findings shall be furnished to district attorneys and law enforcement officers making a criminal investigation in connection with the death.  The next of kin, or any one of them if more than one, may designate a physician to be present when the autopsy is conducted.

Laws 1961, p. 607, § 15; Laws 1972, c. 246, § 14, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.