(a) The Chief Medical Examiner, the Assistant Medical Examiners and the Deputy Medical Examiners shall perform all the medical and other functions formerly devolving upon the coroners, deputy coroners and coroners’ physicians in the counties of this State and in the City of Wilmington and duties imposed upon them by this chapter.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4704

  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) The Chief Medical Examiner shall comply with the orders and directions of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security.

29 Del. C. 1953, § ?4708; 50 Del. Laws, c. 502, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 140, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 591, § ?56; 79 Del. Laws, c. 265, § ?1;