Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 2, Chapter 15, Subchapter 3 - County Coroners

• § 14-15-301 - Powers and Duties of a Coroner.
  When a death is reported to the coroner, he or she shall conduct an investigation concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of an individual...
• § 14-15-302 - Coroner's Investigation.
  (a) A coroner's investigation does not include criminal investigation responsibilities. However, the coroner shall assist any law enforcement agency or the State Crime Laboratory...
• § 14-15-303 - Death Certificate.
  If, after conducting an investigation, the law enforcement agency and prosecuting attorney of the jurisdiction are satisfied that no crime has occurred, the coroner...
• § 14-15-304 - Confidentiality.
  (a) Records gathered and created during the course of a coroner's investigation shall be confidential and deemed exempt from the Freedom of Information Act...
• § 14-15-305 - Employment.
  County coroners may be employed by any city emergency medical service, county emergency medical service, or joint city and county emergency medical service.
• § 14-15-306 - Disposition of Prescription Medication.
  (a) A coroner may collect and secure any prescription medication of the decedent to ensure that the medication does not come into the possession...
• § 14-15-307 - Coroner's Advisory Task Force -- Creation -- Powers and Duties.
  (a) (1) The Coroner's Advisory Task Force is created and shall consist of thirteen (13) members. (2) The Governor shall appoint to the task...
• § 14-15-308 - Training and Instruction.
  (a) The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training, in coordination with the Department of Health, shall establish a training curriculum for medicolegal...
• § 14-15-309 - Mass Fatality Resource Inventory and Mutual Aid Agreement.
  (a) As used in this section: (1) "Fixed assets" means items that are permanently located but can be made available for use, including without...

Last modified: November 15, 2016