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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 575

It shall be the duty of the chief medical examiner, and
the deputy medical examiners, to keep full and complete
records in their respective offices, properly indexed,
giving the name, if known, of every such person, the place
where the body was found, date and cause of death, and all
other available information relating thereto. The original
report of the chief medical examiner, assistant medical'
examiners, or deputy medical examiners, and the detailed
findings of the autopsy, if any, shall be attached to the
record of each case. The chief medical examiner, or in case
of his absence or inability, an assistant medical examiner,
and the deputy medical examiners, shall promptly deliver to
the State's attorney of Baltimore City, or the State's
attorney of the county, as the case may be, copies of all
records relating to every death in which, in the judgment of
such medical examiner, farther investigation may be deemed
advisable. The State's attorney of Baltimore City, or the
State's attorney of any county, may obtain from the office
of the chief medical examiner, or of the deputy medical
examiners, as the case may be, copies of such records or
other information which he may deem necessary. The records
of the office of the chief medical examiner, and of the
several deputy medical examiners, made by themselves or by
anyone under their direction or supervision, or transcripts
thereof certified by such medical examiner, shall be
received as competent evidence in any court in this State of
the matters and facts therein contained. A reasonable fee
shall be charged for filing insurance blanks, etc., and [all
such fees collected by the chief medical examiner and
assistant medical examiners shall be paid into the city
treasury of Baltimore City on or before the tenth day of
each month, but] the deputy medical examiners of the
respective counties shall be permitted to retain the fees
collected by them. The records which shall be admissible as
evidence under this section shall be records of the results
of views and examinations of or autopsies upon the bodies of
deceased persons by such medical examiner, or by anyone
under his direct supervision or control, and shall not
include statements made by witnesses or other persons.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That

(a)    All employees of the Department of     Postmortem
Examiners as of July 1, 1979, and who are so  employed on
June 30, 1980, and not then in the State merit     system are
transferred as of July 1,1980, without further   examination
or qualification, to the State merit system.

(b)    The employee shall:

(1)    Be fully subject to the provisions of
Article 64A of the Code entitled "Merit System" and of
Article 73B of the Code, entitled "Pensions" except as set
forth in (5) ;

(2)    Be classified in the job classification in
the State merit system which is commensurate with or higher