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Category: Investigations
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Medium Office: Death Investigation Documents

These documents pertain to decedent identification, how to navigate hospital and nursing home deaths, how to report deaths – including general guidelines for death investigation – and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office with autopsies performed at their state medical examiner’s office.
July 2025
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Large Office: Investigation Guidelines Documents

These documents pertain to the duties and expectations of investigators, scene/photography protocol – including investigator guidelines – and address standards for NAME Investigations, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
July 2025
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Medium Office: Case Involvement Documents

These documents pertain to case file closure – including cremains disposition, determining need for autopsy, identification, formal pronouncement of death – and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office with autopsies performed at other facilities.
July 2025
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Medium Office: Investigative Practices Documents

These documents pertain to cremation permits and procedures, information security services, custodial deaths – including death scene investigation, and case reporting documentation/closure – and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office that performs autopsies in-house and at other facilities.
July 2025
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Small Office: Investigative Practices Documents

These documents pertain to the handling of digital photography, identification methods, interoffice communication – including handling jurisdictional cases – and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies in-house.
June 2025
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Small Office: Case Involvement Documents

These documents pertain to case notification, decedent identification, scene investigation protocol, scattered remains/body recovery – including notifying next of kin, and more – and address standards for NAME Investigations, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a small office with autopsies performed at a hospital facility.
June 2025
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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

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