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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 63. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

  § 63-948. Compensation for investigation or partial investigation - Storage fees - Drug screens.  

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  • A.  For each investigation or partial investigation in which the medical examiner is relieved by the Chief Medical Examiner or a designee, the medical examiner shall receive compensation for such services as provided in the rules approved and promulgated by the Board of Medicolegal Investigations, from funds appropriated to the Board of Medicolegal Investigations.  Where, in the opinion of the Chief Medical Examiner, it is necessary to designate a consultant pathologist to perform an autopsy, such pathologist shall be entitled to a reasonable fee.  Such fees shall be payable from funds appropriated to the Board of Medicolegal Investigations.

    B.  The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) shall store biological specimens in the control of the OCME for the potential purpose of independent analyses in matters of civil law, only upon receipt of a written request for such storage and payment of a storage fee.  The fee shall be paid by the person requesting storage to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.  The Board shall promulgate rules establishing a fee for storage of such biological specimens which shall not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per year.  All fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be deposited to the credit of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Toxicology Laboratory Revolving Fund.

    C.  1.  The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) is authorized to perform drug screens on specimens in the custody of the OCME, provided the request is made by an agency or party authorized to receive such information.  The OCME may limit drug screens within the technical and physical capabilities of the OCME.

    2.  The authorization for drug screens shall apply only to specimens from cases already within the jurisdiction of the OCME and only when the analyses are deemed by the Chief Medical Examiner or Deputy Chief Medical Examiner not to conflict with any investigation of the case by the state.

    3.  The Board of Medicolegal Investigations shall establish a fee for drug screen services by rule.  All fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be deposited to the Chief Medical Examiner Toxicology Laboratory Revolving Fund.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 607, § 18, eff. Jan. 2, 1962.  Amended by Laws 1963, c. 302, § 4; Laws 1968, c. 182, § 2; Laws 1972, c. 246, § 17, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 1996, c. 234, § 4, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 2004, c. 559, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.