ARTICLE 2.5. Autopsy

Article 2.5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1946.

§§ 27520–27523 · 5 sections

• § 27520 (a) The coroner shall cause to be performed an autopsy on a decedent, for which an autopsy has not already been performed, if the surviving spouse requests him…
• § 27521 (a) A postmortem examination or autopsy conducted at the discretion of a coroner, medical examiner, or other agency upon an unidentified body or human remains…
• § 27521.1 The law enforcement agency investigating the death of an unidentified person shall report the death to the Department of Justice, in a format acceptable to the…
• § 27522 (a) A forensic autopsy shall only be conducted by a licensed physician and surgeon. The results of a forensic autopsy shall only be determined by a licensed…
• § 27523 (a) A coroner may test the bodily fluid extracted during the autopsy of a deceased person to determine if any amount, including a trace amount, of xylazine was…