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What is NYC AC § 17-205?

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This section mandates the chief medical examiner to maintain records of individuals who die under specific circumstances, including their name, location of discovery, and date of death. The records must include the original medical examiner's report and autopsy findings. Applies to the chief medical examiner and relevant law enforcement agencies.

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§ 17-205 Records.

AC § 17-205

Records shall be kept in the office of the chief medical examiner, properly indexed, stating the name, if known, of every person dying under the circumstances described in paragraph one of subdivision (f) of section five hundred fifty-seven of the charter, the place where the body was found and the date of death. To the record of each case shall be attached the original report of the medical examiner and the detailed findings of the autopsy, if any. The appropriate district attorney and the police commissioner of the city may require from the chief medical examiner such further records, and such daily information, as they may deem necessary.

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