Title 5 - Death

Question 1

Determination of Death -

An individual is dead if, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, the individual has sustained either:

Answer 1

(1) Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions
(2) Irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.

Question 2

Medical examiner’s cases.

A medical examiner shall investigate the death of a human being if the death occurs:

Answer 2

(1) By violence
(2) By Suicide
(3) By Casualty
(4) Suddenly, if the deceased was in apparent good health or unattended by a physician
(5) In any suspicious or unusual manner

Question 3

A medical examiner shall investigate the death of a human fetus if:

Answer 3

(1) Regardless of the duration of the pregnancy, the death occurs before the complete expulsion or extraction of the fetus from the mother; and
(2) The mother is not attended by a physician at or after the delivery

Question 4

If a medical examiner’s case occurs, the police or sheriff immediately shall notify the medical examiner and ________ for the country where the body is found and give the known facts concerning the time, place, manner, and circumstances of the death.

Answer 4

State’s Attorney

Question 5

If the case involves the unexpected death of a child, the medical examiner shall notify the chairperson of the local _______________ for the county in which the child resided

Answer 5

child fatality review team

Question 6

If the case involves the death of a child and the death is believes to be caused by abuse or neglect, or there is evidence suggesting that the child was a victim of abuse or neglect, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall orally report the findings and deliver a copy of the child’s final autopsy report to the local department of __________ and the local law enforcement agency of the county in which the child last resided

Answer 6

Social Services

Question 7

If the cause of death is established to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, the medical examiner who investigates the case shall file in the medical examiner’s office a report on the cause of death within ____ days after notification of the case

Answer 7

30 days

Question 8

If the family of the deceased objects to an autopsy on _________ grounds, the autopsy may not be performed unless authorized by the Chief Medical Examiner or by the Chief Medical Examiner’s designee

Answer 8

Religious

Question 9

A medical examiner shall conduct an autopsy of any fire fighter and any sworn personnel of the State Fire Marshal’s Office who dies in the line of duty or as a result of injuries sustained in the line of duty. The autopsy shall include:

Answer 9

(1) A toxicological analysis for toxic fumes
(2) Gross and microscopic studies of heart, lung, and any other tissue involved
(3) Appropriate studies of blood and urine; and
(4) Appropriate studies of body fluids and body tissues

Question 10

A request to the medical examiner to correct findings and conclusions on the cause and manner of death recorded on a certificate of death within ______ days after the medical examiner files those findings and conclusions

Answer 10

60 days

**except homicide cases

Question 11

If the Chief Medical Examiner denies the request of a person in interest to correct findings and conclusions on the cause of death, the person in interest may appeal the denial to the Secretary, who shall refer the matter to the ___________.

Answer 11

Office of Administrative Hearing

Question 12

If the findings of the medical examiner are _______ by the Secretary, the appellant is responsible for the costs of the contested case hearing. Otherwise, the Department is responsible for the costs of the hearing.

Answer 12

upheld

Question 13

The _______ shall set a reasonable fee for performing an autopsy by and authorized pathologist

Answer 13

Chief Medical Examiner

Question 14

Definition: means any research or teaching activity conducted at or under the sponsorship of a hospital or other institution devoted to research, teaching, or study of medicine, dentistry, or any related heath profession or advanced human biological science

Answer 14

Medical Study Program

Question 15

Definition: means an officer of this State or of a country or other political subdivision of this state

Answer 15

Public Officer

Question 16

If the person who notifies the Board can refrigerate the body suitably, the body may be removed only at the expiration of _____ hours after death

Answer 16

72 hours

Question 17

On expiration of 72 hours after death, the body shall be under the exclusive control of the_______ and may be embalmed

Answer 17

Board

Question 18

Any relative or friend of the deceased may claim the body and, on payment to the Board of its cost of moving and embalming the body, shall receive it. The Board may waive its costs upon a showing of ______ by the relative or friend

Answer 18

hardship

Question 19

The Board may authorize, by regulation, the transporting of human specimens under its exclusive control to an out-of-state medical study program, provided that:

Answer 19

(1) the needs of the school of the State are met;
(2) the requesting party demonstrates the need for a specimen
(3) the circumstances of the request are that no other sufficient source of specimens within the requesting state exists; OR
(4) a preexisting organ tissue donation was made by an individual in compliance with the Uniform Donor Act

Question 20

Consent for a postmortem examination of a body is given by:

Answer 20

• A physician
• Parent
• Spouse
• Domestic Partner
• Child
• Guardian
• Next of Kin
• In the absence of these persons, any other person

Question 21

A person may not cremate a body until it has been identified by:

Answer 21

• The next of Kin
• A person who is authorized to arrange for final disposition of the body
• A medical examiner

Question 22

A person may not cremate a body until at least ____ hours after death

Answer 22

12 hours

Question 23

A person may not transport a body to a crematory without using a:

Answer 23

Cot and pouch

or receptacle

Question 24

A health officer may take control of a body that is being kept in a room where an individual lives and that is in a condition that endangers an individual in the house where the body is kept if:

Answer 24

(1) a least 3 individuals living near the house or a physician asks the health officer, in writing, to order final disposition of the body;
(2) The health officer issues an order for final disposition, within a time period stated in the order; and
(3) Final disposition of the body is not made within that time.