ORS 146.095
Investigation

  • certification
  • report
  • training

(1)

The district medical examiner and the district attorney for the county where death occurs, as provided by ORS 146.100 (Where death considered to have occurred) (2), shall be responsible for the investigation of all deaths requiring investigation.

(2)

The medical examiner shall certify the manner and the cause of all deaths which the medical examiner is required to investigate. The report of death shall be submitted to a county registrar as required by ORS 432.133 (Mandatory submission and registration of reports of death).

(3)

The medical examiner shall make a report of death investigation to the Chief Medical Examiner as soon as possible after being notified of a death requiring investigation.

(4)

Within five days after notification of a death requiring investigation, the medical examiner shall make a written report of the investigation and file it in the district medical examiner’s office.

(5)

The district medical examiner shall supervise the assistant district medical examiners and medical-legal death investigators in cooperation with the district attorney.

(6)

The district medical examiner shall regularly conduct administrative training programs for the assistant district medical examiners, medical-legal death investigators and law enforcement agencies. [1973 c.408 §9; 2013 c.366 §67; 2017 c.151 §13]

Source: Section 146.095 — Investigation; certification; report; training, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors146.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

See annotations under ORS 146.560 in permanent edition.

146.003
Definitions for ORS 146.003 to 146.189 and 146.710 to 146.992 146.015
State Medical Examiner Advisory Board 146.025
Functions of board 146.035
Chief Medical Examiner 146.045
Duties of Chief Medical Examiner 146.055
Advice 146.065
Local medical examiners 146.075
District office duties 146.080
Assistant district medical examiner 146.085
Medical-legal death investigators 146.088
Officer or employee of public body 146.090
Deaths requiring investigation 146.095
Investigation 146.100
Where death considered to have occurred 146.102
Guidance concerning overdose death communication 146.103
Removal of body, effects or weapons prohibited without consent 146.107
Authority to enter and secure certain premises 146.109
Notification of next of kin 146.113
Authority to order removal of body fluids 146.117
Autopsies 146.121
Disposition of body 146.125
Disposition of personal property 146.135
Authority to order inquest 146.145
Jury of inquest 146.155
Inquest proceedings 146.165
Verdict 146.171
Unidentified human remains 146.174
Medical examiner to provide information about unidentified human remains 146.177
Procedures for investigating missing persons 146.181
Missing persons 146.184
Medical practitioners to provide information about missing persons 146.187
DNA sample 146.189
Use of records to identify human remains and missing persons 146.710
Definition for ORS 146.710 to 146.780 146.730
Investigation 146.740
Reports of medical examiner 146.750
Injuries to be reported to law enforcement agency 146.760
Immunity of participant in making of report 146.780
Confidentiality of records and reports 146.992
Penalties

Current through early 2026

§ 146.095. Investigation's source at oregon​.gov