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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 26, HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Chapter 6b: Revised State Medical Examiner Act
Section: 26:6b-15: Cooperation with Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
15. a. All law enforcement officers, State and county prosecutors, and other officials and members of the public shall cooperate fully with the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner and county and intercounty medical examiners in making the investigations and conducting the autopsies provided for under this act. These officials and all physicians, funeral directors, and other persons shall assist in making dead bodies and related evidence available to such medical examiners for investigations and autopsies.
b. It shall be the duty of each county or intercounty medical examiner to fully cooperate with the Chief State Medical Examiner when the latter chooses to intervene in an ongoing medicolegal death investigation.
L.2018, c.62, s.15.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2018-08-17 13:18:23.
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