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Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
MISSION
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) determines the cause and manner of death --and confirms the identity -- in cases under its jurisdiction (usually of violent, suspicious, or apparently undetermined manners). The agency accomplishes this mission through medical and medico-legal case investigations and through the performance of autopsies and laboratory studies.
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- MGL C. 6 s. 184
- Medicolegal investigation commission
- MGL C. 38 s. 1-14
- Medical Examiner and inquests