The Chief Medical Examiner's office is hereby authorized to perform technical laboratory services and to charge and collect the full cost of such services, when performed for a private individual or corporation or public agency other than the County, according to the schedule of fees provided in Section 364.6. When an autopsy is performed at the request of a decedent's surviving spouse, the decedent's surviving child or parent, or by the next of kin of the deceased, the cost of the autopsy shall be borne by the person requesting it to be performed in accordance with the fee schedule as provided in Section 364.6.
(Amended by Ord. No. 8809 (N.S.), effective 6-24-97; amended by Ord. No. 9629 (N.S.), effective 4-15-04; amended by Ord. No. 10151 (N.S.), effective 7-14-11; amended by Ord. No. 10182 (N.S.), effective 1-5-12; amended by Ord. No. 10242 (N.S.), effective 2-7-13)