Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Web Site:

www.mass.gov/cme

Organization Chart

Mission:

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) determines the cause and manner of death in cases of violent, suspicious and unexpected death. The fundamental mission of OCME is to state the facts of death and serve the living. The agency accomplishes this mission through medical and medico-legal case investigations and through the performance of autopsies and laboratory studies.

Governing Laws:

Statutes

MGL C. 6 S. 184

Medicolegal investigation commission

MGL C. 38 S. 1-14

Medical Examiner and inquests

Regulations

505 CMR 1.0

Disclosure of Autopsy Reports

505 CMR 2.0

Release of Unclaimed or Unidentified Bodies

505 CMR 3.0

Storage and Disposal of Biological Materials