New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 3 - STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR'S OFFICE
Part 2 - POLICIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR
Section 7.3.2.10 - REPORTING DEATHS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Citations and Regulations:
B. POLICY:
C. Procedure for reporting death: Deputy medical investigators are assigned by the central office of the OMI to be the responders and investigators to and of the reports of all sudden, unexpected and unexplained deaths. A list of these assignments is sent to the sheriff's office, chief of police, the local district attorney, funeral directors, and emergency medical personnel within each respective district. The central office of the OMI shall keep these lists current. Each district medical investigator, in conjunction with the central office of the medical investigator, shall determine appropriate on-call schedules for the deputy medical investigators, and shall provide that schedule to each of the agencies and offices cited above to provide each agency and office with the immediate means of notifying the OMI of a death included in the category of "Reportable Deaths". This list shall include the on-call deputy medical investigator, then shall show the names of any backup deputy medical investigators, then the name of the district medical investigator, and finally, the 24-hour telephone number of the central office of the OMI.
D. Jurisdiction: The OMI will respond and take custody of a body in those reportable deaths that occur within the state of New Mexico, excluding Indian reservations and military installations. On Indian reservations and military installations, the OMI will respond as investigative consultants when so invited and when reimbursed for the service as defined in a legal contract or by agreement. In cases where the event leading to the death occurs on state land, but the individual is taken to a federal facility for emergency treatment, and is pronounced dead there, the death is to be reported to the OMI representative if the circumstances of the event are reportable, as defined in this manual.