Oklahoma Administrative Code, Title 445

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Chapter 10 Medical Examiner Cases

Okla. Admin. Code § 445:10-1-1 Purpose

The rules of this chapter govern medical examiner cases.

Okla. Admin. Code § 445:10-1-2 Definitions

The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Medical Examiner" means a licensed medical or osteopathic physician appointed by the chief medical examiner under provisions of Title 63 OS, Section 937.

"Medical Examiner Cases" means any death required by Section 938 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes to be investigated and certified by a medical examiner.

"Violent, suspicious, or unnatural deaths" include all those designations of deaths known or suspected to have resulted from accident, suicide or homicide where death is related to injury of any type.

Okla. Admin. Code § 445:10-1-3 Violent, suspicious or unnatural deaths

Violent, suspicious or unnatural deaths are subject to jurisdiction of the medical examiner irrespective of period of survival following the injury and whether or not there was medical attendance at the time of the injury or during the period of survival.