Medical Examiner Policies of Interest to the General Public

The following is a list of policies and procedures that may be of interest to the general public. The authority to establish policy within the Medical Examiner's Office rests with the Acting Medical Examiner. All policies and procedures have been established, reviewed, and signed by both Spokane County Medical Examiners, and are to be reviewed and acknowledged as being current every two years.
  1. Admonition Opposing Autopsy (PDF)
  2. Confidentiality (PDF)
  3. Definition of Deaths Reportable to the Medical Examiner's Office (PDF)
  4. Release of Information to Press, Media, Public, Etc. (PDF)
  5. Request for Paternity Testing (PDF)
  6. Request for Paternity Testing Authorization for Release (PDF)
  7. Request for Paternity Testing Instruction Form (PDF)
  8. Requests for Autopsies (PDF)
  9. Storage Retention and Disposal of Items of Evidence (PDF)
  10. Viewing Bodies at Medical Examiner Facility (PDF)
  11. Who Can Pronounce Death and Who Can Sign a Death Certificate (PDF)