Title 5 - Death Flashcards
Determination of Death -
An individual is dead if, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, the individual has sustained either:
(1) Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions
(2) Irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.
Medical examiner’s cases.
A medical examiner shall investigate the death of a human being if the death occurs:
(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
A medical examiner shall investigate the death of a human fetus if:
(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
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.
State’s Attorney
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
child fatality review team
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
Social Services
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
30 days
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
Religious
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:
(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
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
60 days
**except homicide cases
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 ___________.
Office of Administrative Hearing
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.
upheld
The _______ shall set a reasonable fee for performing an autopsy by and authorized pathologist
Chief Medical Examiner
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
Medical Study Program
Definition: means an officer of this State or of a country or other political subdivision of this state
Public Officer
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
72 hours
On expiration of 72 hours after death, the body shall be under the exclusive control of the_______ and may be embalmed
Board
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
hardship
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:
(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
Consent for a postmortem examination of a body is given by:
- A physician
- Parent
- Spouse
- Domestic Partner
- Child
- Guardian
- Next of Kin
- In the absence of these persons, any other person
A person may not cremate a body until it has been identified by:
- The next of Kin
- A person who is authorized to arrange for final disposition of the body
- A medical examiner
A person may not cremate a body until at least ____ hours after death
12 hours
A person may not transport a body to a crematory without using a:
Cot and pouch
or receptacle
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:
(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.
