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1003.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE Notifying a decedent's legal next-of-kin of the death is a core duty of the Coroner set forth by Government Code 27491. This policy serves to establish rules and guidelines for the Deputy Coroner in the performance of next-of-kin searc...

1004.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE California Government Code 27491 specifies all deaths requiring an inquiry by the Coroner. California Government Code 27491.2 authorizes, but does not require, the Coroner to render a field response where the death falls within the Cor...

1005.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE This policy details the legal mandates and additional requirements of the Deputy Coroner and other Coroner Division members when investigating the death of an unidentified person. 1005.2 DEFINITION An unidentified person is defined as ...

1006.1 POLICY California Government code 27491 establishes the type(s) of deaths requiring an inquiry by the coroner. In accordance with and in addition to this code, the Deputy Coroner shall conduct a death investigation to determine the circumstances, cause,...

1008.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE As stated in Policy 1101 - Identification, the preferred method of fingerprinting for all decedents received at the Coroner Division Facility is Livescan. This policy establishes the rules and guidelines for use of the Livescan system....

1009.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE Documentation and tracking of accurate and complete information is vital to the performance of a thorough death investigation. The Coroner Division Facility accomplishes this tracking via the Hartwell County Sheriff’s Department RIMS d...

1010.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE Pursuant to Government Code 27464, suicide notes are commonly collected by the Deputy Coroner as a supplement to the death investigation. This policy establishes guidelines for the collection, processing, and release of such notes. 101...

1012.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE As a professional courtesy, the Coroner Division will occasionally assist outside agencies by performing in-person death notifications on their behalf. This policy provides instruction for the Deputy Coroner receiving the death notific...

1013.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE Occasionally, the Coroner Division receives a request from an outside agency or county to perform an autopsy examination, or other services for that entity. This policy establishes guidelines for the facilitation and documentation of s...

1014.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE The Coroner Division regularly receives requests from outside parties seeking to attend an autopsy examination. This policy establishes guidelines for evaluating and approving such requests. 1014.2 REQUESTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONN...

1015.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE Pursuant to Government Code 27520, the Coroner Division Facility shall cause an autopsy to be performed when requested in writing by the decedent's next-of-kin. This policy establishes rules and guidelines for the processing and approv...

1016.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE California Government Code section 27491.43 mandates that a Coroner shall not perform an autopsy or other procedure in any case in which the Coroner has received a certificate of religious belief executed by the decedent. This policy o...

1017.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE The Coroner's Office supports the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Health and Safety Code Chapter 3.5) and shall work closely with community organizations (i.e., Donor Network West) for recovery of as many organs and tissues as possible fo...

1018.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE As a component of the medicolegal death investigation, the Deputy Coroner may determine that a decedent requires transportation to the Coroner Division Facility for further investigation and/or examination by a coroner pathologist. Thi...

1019.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE California Health and Safety Code 10252 mandates the Coroner to report the existence of any carcinoma, of which he/she has actual knowledge. In accordance with this code section, this policy establishes guidelines for reporting when ca...

1020.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE As a component of the death investigation, the Deputy Coroner shall prepare a written investigative report to document facts, findings, and actions taken on a given case. This policy serves to establish rules and guidelines for the cre...

1100.1 PURPOSE The purpose of this policy is to ensure that Court Protection Deputies efficiently perform the legal responsibilities assigned to the Department of the Sheriff for the Superior Court of Hartwell County, Briarmont Township, California. 1100.2 OVE...

1300 - CALIFORNIA STATE CONSTITUTION RELEVANT EXERCEPT California Constitution Article XI - Local Government Section 1. Universal Citation: CA Constitution art XI § 1 SEC. 1. The State is divided into counties which are legal subdivisions of the State. The Leg...