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Medical Examiner - The Law
Oregon State Medical Examiner/Death Investigation Law
Oregon Revised Statutes: ORS 146
146.090 Deaths requiring investigation
(1) The medical examiner shall investigate and certify the cause and manner of all human deaths:
(a.) Apparently homicidal, suicidal or occurring under suspicious or unknown circumstances;
(b.) Resulting from the unlawful use of controlled substances or the use or abuse of chemicals or toxic agents;
(c.) Occurring while incarcerated in any jail, correction facility or in police custody;
(d.) Apparently accidental or following an injury;
(e.) By disease, injury or toxic agent during or arising from employment;
(f.) While not under the care of a physician during the period immediately previous to death;
(g.) Related to disease which might constitute a threat to the public health; or
(h.) In which a human body apparently has been disposed of in an offensive manner.
(2) As used in this section, “offensive manner” means a manner offensive to the generally accepted standards of the community. [1973 c.408 §12; 1979 c.744 §4; 1985 c.207 §1]