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No fees shall be charged by the Chief Medical Examiner under Section 161 or 364.6 where exemption is provided by Chapter 2 of Division 7, Title 1 of the Government Code. No fees shall be charged to doctors, hospitals or other medical institutions for such documents as are necessary to assist the Chief Medical Examiner in the completion of the determination of the cause of death.
(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)
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)
The Chief Medical Examiner's office is hereby authorized, when subpoenaed as witnesses or when requested to give expert opinion in writing, to demand and receive on behalf of the County a fee which shall be not less than the actual cost of such service. This shall apply when such service is performed at the request or subpoena of a private individual or corporation or a public agency other than the County.
(Amended by Ord. No. 9629 (N.S.), effective 4-15-04; amended by Ord. No. 10182 (N.S.), effective 1-5-12)
(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 No. 10242 (N.S.), effective 2-7-13; repealed by Ord. No. 10531 (N.S.), effective 5-24-18)