146.992���� Penalties ����� 146.001 [Formerly 146.087; repealed by 1987 c.517 �1 (432.300 enacted in lieu of 146.001)] INVESTIGATION OF DEATHS (Definitions) ����� 146.003 Definitions f

146.992���� Penalties

����� 146.001 [Formerly 146.087; repealed by 1987 c.517 �1 (432.300 enacted in lieu of 146.001)]

INVESTIGATION OF DEATHS

(Definitions)

����� 146.003 Definitions for ORS 146.003 to 146.189 and 146.710 to 146.992. As used in ORS 146.003 to 146.189 and 146.710 to 146.992, unless the context requires otherwise:

����� (1) �Approved laboratory� means a laboratory approved by the Chief Medical Examiner as competent to perform the blood sample analysis required by ORS 146.113 (2).

����� (2) �Assistant district medical examiner� means a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525 or nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 to 678.390 appointed by the district medical examiner to investigate and certify deaths within a county or district.

����� (3) �Cause of death� means the primary or basic disease process or injury ending life.

����� (4) �Death requiring investigation� means the death of a person occurring in any one of the circumstances set forth in ORS 146.090.

����� (5) �District medical examiner� means a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525 or nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 to 678.390 appointed by the Chief Medical Examiner to investigate and certify deaths within a county or district, including a Deputy State Medical Examiner.

����� (6) �Law enforcement agency� means a county sheriff�s office, municipal police department, police department established by a university under ORS 352.121 or