Author: Yujiemi Chisholm

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Large Office: Annual Report

This annual report example provides a sample of one office’s report, and addresses standards for NAME General, section “A”. This example is reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
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Large Office: Property and Evidence Documents

These documents pertain to medication collection and disposal – including evidence collection and storage – and address standards for NAME Investigations, section “B” as well as NAME Morgue Operations, section “C” and IACME Agency Practices, section “A”, IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”, as well as IACME Morgue Facilities, section “C”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
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Large Office: Personnel Training Documents

These documents pertain to personnel training and support services, and address standards for NAME Personnel and Staffing, section “G” as well as NAME Support Services and Consultants, section “H” and IACME Forensic Specialists, section “E”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
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Large Office: Records Documents

These documents pertain to records retention, social media, release of information – including daily case review – and address standards for NAME Reports and Recording Keeping, section “F” and IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
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Medium Office: Toxicology Documents

These documents pertain to toxicology – including other samples and Randox guidelines – and address standards for IACME Laboratory Services, section “D”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office that performs autopsies in-house and at other facilities.
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Large Office: Postmortem Examination Documents

These documents pertain to postmortem examination and general responsibilities of the forensic pathologist, and address standards for NAME Morgue Operations, section “C” and IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Morgue Facilities, section “C”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
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Medium Office: Morgue Operations and Lab Services Documents

These documents pertain to body receiving and releasing, disposition of unclaimed decedents, in-house autopsy policy, portable dental machines – including x-ray machines, and Rapid DNA machine use – and address standards for IACME Morgue Facilities, section “C” as well as IACME Laboratory Services, section “D”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office that performs autopsies in-house and at other facilities.
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Large Office: Case Involvement Documents

These documents pertain to case notification, acceptance, and declination – including death notification, in-custody deaths, death scene investigation/child death investigation, and identification – and address standards for NAME Investigations, section “B” and IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
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Large Office: Mass Disaster Plan

This policy example is designed to provide guidance on how to respond to a mass fatality incident, and addresses standards for NAME General, section “A”. This example is reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
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Large Office: Maintenance and Facility Documents

These documents pertain to facility maintenance and security – including employee safety – and address standards for NAME General, section “A” and IACME Agency Practices, section “A”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.