HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    2045

(ii) The mother is not attended by a physician
at or after the delivery.

(b)  If a medical examiner's case occurs, the police or
sheriff immediately shall notify the medical examiner and State's
Attorney for the county where the body is found and give the
known facts concerning the time, place, manner, and circumstances
of the death.

(c)  Immediately on notification that a medical examiner's
case has occurred, the medical examiner or an investigator of the
medical examiner shall go to and take charge of the body. The
medical examiner or the investigator shall investigate fully the
essential facts concerning the medical cause of death and, before
leaving the premises, reduce these facts and the names and
addresses of witnesses to writing, which shall be filed in the
medical examiner's office.

(d)  The medical examiner or the investigator shall take
possession of and deliver to the State's Attorney or the State's
Attorney's designee any object or article that, in the opinion of
the medical examiner or the investigator, may be useful in
establishing the cause of death.

. (e) (1) If the next of kin of the deceased is not present
at the investigation, the police officer or sheriff at the
investigation or, if a police officer or sheriff is not present,
the medical examiner or the investigator shall:

(i) Take possession of all property of value
found on the body;

(ii) In the report of the death, make an exact
inventory of the property; and

(iii) Deliver the property to the appropriate
sheriff or police department.

(2) The sheriff or police department shall surrender
the property to the person who is entitled to its possession or
custody.

5-310.

(a)  If the cause of death in a medical examiner's case is
established beyond a reasonable doubt, the medical examiner who
investigates the case shall file in the medical examiner's office
a report on the cause of death within 30 days after notification
of the case.

(b) (1) If the medical examiner who investigates a medical
examiner's case considers an autopsy necessary, the Chief Medical
Examiner, the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, an assistant medical
examiner, or a pathologist authorized by the Chief Medical
Examiner shall perform the autopsy.