California Government Code ARTICLE 2.5 - Autopsy

• Section 27520.
  (a) The coroner shall cause to be performed an autopsy on a decedent, for which an autopsy has not already been performed, if the surviving spouse...
• Section 27521.
  (a) A postmortem examination or autopsy conducted at the discretion of a coroner, medical examiner, or other agency upon an unidentified body or human remains is...
• Section 27521.1.
  The law enforcement agency investigating the death of an unidentified person shall report the death to the Department of Justice, in a format acceptable to...
• Section 27522.
  (a) A forensic autopsy shall only be conducted by a licensed physician and surgeon. The results of a forensic autopsy shall only be determined by a...

Last modified: October 22, 2018