2.38.020 - Duties.
The duties of the medical examiner's office of the metropolitan government shall include, but shall not be limited to: (1) investigate deaths that occur within the boundaries of the metropolitan government in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated Title 38, Chapter 7, post-mortem examinations; (2) prepare reports on each case; (3) transmit copies of reports to the district attorney general and/or the investigating agency involved; (4) be available for and provide testimony as needed in all criminal courts in the metropolitan government on all cases accepted for investigation; (5) provide autopsies, as required to complete investigations, performing all services needed in the autopsy examination and providing a report to the division of post-mortem examinations; (6) retain toxicology samples for analysis by the appropriate investigating agency; (7) provide forensic science consultations with all law enforcement agencies within the boundaries of the metropolitan government, including all municipalities; (8) provide investigative consultation to all law enforcement agencies regarding all homicides and suspected homicides within the boundaries of the metropolitan government; (9) provide photographic documentation of all wounds, marks and scars that are of forensic significance on all cases examined; (10) retain for delivery to proper authorities all evidence obtained as a result of any examination or autopsy; and (11) perform any and all other functions needed in order to successfully complete the above duties and any other duties assigned by ordinance.
(Ord. 95-1449 § 2, 1995; Ord. 94-1055 § 2, 1994)
