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Accreditation Document Repository

Large Office: Health and Safety Documents

These documents pertain to ethics, organ procurement, tissue removal, health, safety – including safety apparel – and procedures at the scene and address standards for NAME General, section “A”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
July 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Medium Office: Health and Safety Documents

These documents pertain to health, safety, ethics, organ tissue donation, court responsibilities, personal firearms, and guidance around cultural/religious differences and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office with autopsies performed at their state medical examiner’s office.
July 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Small Office: Safety, Confidentiality, and Quality Documents

These documents pertain to biohazard and other agency exposure, donation, confidentiality, quality review, and quality improvement and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies in-house.
July 2025
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Large Office: Postmortem Examination Documents

These documents pertain to autopsy reports and performing forensic examinations, and address standards for NAME Morgue Operations, section “C”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
June 2025
Accreditation Document Repository

Small Office: Health and Safety Documents

These documents provide guidance for health and safety, autopsy refusal, organ tissue release – including peer review quality assurance – and address standards for NAME General, section “A”. These examples are reflective of a small office with autopsies performed at a hospital facility.
June 2025
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Medium Office: Facility Documents

These documents pertain to fiscal management, exposure control – including safety, facility security, and facility maintenance – and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office that performs autopsies in-house and at other facilities.
June 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
Accreditation Document Repository

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
Accreditation Document Repository

Large Office: Morgue Operations Documents

These documents pertain to mortuary guidelines and radiography tests, and address standards for NAME Morgue Operations, section “C”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
June 2025
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Small Office: Morgue Operations and Lab Services Documents

These documents pertain to body handling and body scales, organ and tissue retention – including child scenes, DNA collection, and morgue intake – and address standards for IACME Morgue Facilities, section “C” as well as IACME Laboratory Services, section “D”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies in-house.
June 2025