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A coroner is normally an elected official who holds inquests and investigates the circumstances of violent or unusual death. A coroner does not have to have a medical degree.

A Medical examiner is an appointed position for investigating violent or unusual deaths. A medical examiner has a medical related degree and is medically qualified to perform autopsies and medical tests to determine cause of death.

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What qualifications are needed to be a medical examiner?

see jobs.virginia.gov/careerguides/MedicalExaminer.htm


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Does El Paso community have a coroner or medical examiner?

el paso county Texas has a medical examiner system. the medical examiner is a medical doctor with a background in pathology. not an elected official such as a coroner.


What is the difference between the coroner and the medical examiner?

A Medical Examiner is a pathologist who determines cause of death by performing autopsies. A Coroner is the investigator that examines the circumstances and evidence surrounding a person's death. A coroner generally has experience in law enforcement. In some counties, such as Los Angeles, California, both titles are held by one individual.


What subjects are important for being a coroner?

Each jurisdiction has their own standards for the qualifications of a coroner. A coroner is not necessarily a medical examiner, a profession that in most cases, requires a medical doctor. Most larger jurisdictions require their coroner to be a medical examiner. You must contact your local coroner's office to find out what training is required.


Where do you get a death certificate for a baby?

The local medical examiner or coroner's office.


What does the medical examiner do?

1-Medical examiners are doctors that perform autopsies to figure out how someone deceased and give the news to the families. ( This is my personal definition of a medical examiner. I love medical examinations. To learn more abut it, check out this site:http://health.discovery.com/fansites/drg/drg-fansite.html 2-A medical examiner (ME) is an alternative name for coroner in the US. However, a coroner is not always a medical examiner. In order for a person to be qualified as a medical examiner, he or she must have an M.D., and be licensed as a pathologist.


what is a medical examination?

Routine medical education depends on a few things. Checking the blood pressure. pulse and heart sound are pre-clinical checking up procedures.


What needed for coroner?

Coroner is the medical examiner and determines cause of death for anyone who died of other than natural causes.


Who is the coroner on NCIS?

The Chief Medical Examiner on NCIS is Dr. Donald Mallard.


Whose office is responsible for conducting autopsies?

That would be the medical examiner's office or the coroner.


What kind of doctor determines how a person died?

This kind of doctor is referred to as Coroner or Medical Examiner.


What are people called who pick up dead bodies?

a coroner OR a morticion


Is an autopsy performed for a suicide?

It would be up to the coroner or medical examiner to make that determination. I've seen cases where there was an autopsy, and I've also seen cases where the body is viewed but not autopsied by the medical examiner.