The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 18 : Health
Chapter 009 : Laboratory Services; Chief Medical Examiner; Autopsies
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 505)-
§ 505. Autopsies
When a Superior judge or the Attorney General orders an autopsy on the body of a person, as provided in section 504 of this title, the Superior judge or the Attorney General shall direct that such autopsy shall be made by the Chief Medical Examiner, or under the Chief Medical Examiner’s direction, unless, for good cause shown, such judge or the Attorney General otherwise directs. (Amended 1971, No. 33, § 2, eff. July 1, 1971; 2023, No. 6, § 101, eff. July 1, 2023.)
