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Author: Yujiemi Chisholm
Forensics TTA

Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner (ME/C) System Program Discussion Forum – IACME and NAME Accreditation Audit Process

Facilitated by the Forensics TTA Team, this Discussion Forum Session, IACME and NAME Accreditation Audit Process, features guest speakers Mr. John Fudenberg from the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners (IACME), Dr. Ponni Arunkumar from the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME), and Mr. Brett Harding from Ada County Coroner’s Office. The presenters provide an overview of the accreditation process for both NAME and IACME, including key details about virtual and on-site audits, along with sharing insights and preparation tips for a successful path to accreditation.
May 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Large Office: Annual Report

This annual report example provides a sample of one office’s report, and addresses standards for NAME General, section “A”. This example is reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Large Office: Property and Evidence Documents

These documents pertain to medication collection and disposal – including evidence collection and storage – and address standards for NAME Investigations, section “B” as well as NAME Morgue Operations, section “C” and IACME Agency Practices, section “A”, IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”, as well as IACME Morgue Facilities, section “C”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Large Office: Personnel Training Documents

These documents pertain to personnel training and support services, and address standards for NAME Personnel and Staffing, section “G” as well as NAME Support Services and Consultants, section “H” and IACME Forensic Specialists, section “E”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Large Office: Records Documents

These documents pertain to records retention, social media, release of information – including daily case review – and address standards for NAME Reports and Recording Keeping, section “F” and IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Medium Office: Toxicology Documents

These documents pertain to toxicology – including other samples and rapid toxicology guidelines – and address standards for IACME Laboratory Services, section “D”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office that performs autopsies in-house and at other facilities.
May 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Large Office: Postmortem Examination Documents

These documents pertain to postmortem examination and general responsibilities of the forensic pathologist, and address standards for NAME Morgue Operations, section “C” and IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Morgue Facilities, section “C”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Medium Office: Morgue Operations and Lab Services Documents

These documents pertain to body receiving and releasing, disposition of unclaimed decedents, in-house autopsy policy, portable dental machines – including x-ray machines, and Rapid DNA machine use – and address standards for IACME Morgue Facilities, section “C” as well as IACME Laboratory Services, section “D”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office that performs autopsies in-house and at other facilities.
May 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Large Office: Case Involvement Documents

These documents pertain to case notification, acceptance, and declination – including death notification, in-custody deaths, death scene investigation/child death investigation, and identification – and address standards for NAME Investigations, section “B” and IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Large Office: Mass Disaster Plan

This policy example pertains to mass disaster planning – including multiple fatalities from a single event and disaster to OCME facility – and addresses standards for NAME General, section “A”. This example is reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2025