146.001] ����� 146.088 Officer or employee of public body. A district medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, assistant district medical examiner or designated pathologist is deemed to

146.001]

����� 146.088 Officer or employee of public body. A district medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, assistant district medical examiner or designated pathologist is deemed to be an officer or employee of a public body for purposes of ORS 30.260 to 30.300 while acting as a district medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, assistant district medical examiner or designated pathologist. [1995 c.744 �13; 2017 c.151 �12]

����� 146.090 Deaths requiring investigation. (1) The medical examiner shall investigate and certify the cause and manner of all human deaths:

����� (a) Apparently homicidal, suicidal or occurring under suspicious or unknown circumstances;

����� (b) Resulting from the unlawful use of controlled substances or the use or abuse of chemicals or toxic agents;

����� (c) Occurring while incarcerated in any jail, correction facility or in police custody;

����� (d) Apparently accidental or following an injury;

����� (e) By disease, injury or toxic agent during or arising from employment;

����� (f) While not under the care of a physician during the period immediately previous to death;

����� (g) Related to disease which might constitute a threat to the public health; or

����� (h) In which a human body apparently has been disposed of in an offensive manner.

����� (2) As used in this section, �offensive manner� means a manner offensive to the generally accepted standards of the community. [1973 c.408 �12; 1979 c.744 �4; 1985 c.207 �1]

����� 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