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§ A1704 BROOME COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE § A1803
designations shall be in writing and filed in the Department of Records, and copies thereof
shall be filed with the County Executive and with the Clerk of the County Legislature.
The Assistant and Deputy County Attorneys shall, in case of vacancy in the office of County
Attorney, perform the duties of the County Attorney until a successor is elected or appointed
and has qualified.
ARTICLE XVIII
Coroners
§ A1801. Coroners; appointment; qualifications.
There shall be four Coroners who shall be chosen in the manner as provided in § C1801 of
Article XVIII of the Charter. Each Coroner shall be a physician duly licensed to practice in
the State of New York. Each Coroner shall make or cause to be made autopsies, examinations
and dissections of dead bodies of human beings and have adequate knowledge of forensic
medicine.
§ A1802. Powers and duties.
The Coroners shall have all the powers and duties and shall be subject to all the obligations
and liabilities heretofore or hereafter lawfully granted or imposed by the Charter, this Code,
local law, ordinance or resolution of the County Legislature, order or direction of the County
Executive or any applicable provision of any act of the State Legislature not inconsistent with
the Charter and Code. Such powers, duties, obligations and liabilities shall include, but shall
not be limited to, any power, duty, obligation or liability granted or imposed upon a Coroner
by the County Law or any other applicable law not inconsistent with the Charter and Code.
The Coroner shall investigate deaths when such investigation is required pursuant to § A1803
of this Article and applicable state law.
§ A1803. Procedure for investigating deaths.
A Coroner has jurisdiction and authority to investigate the death of every person dying within
his County, or whose body is found within the County, which is or appears to be:
(A) A violent death, whether by criminal violence, suicide or casualty.
(B) A death caused by unlawful act or criminal neglect.
(C) A death occurring in a suspicious, unusual or unexplained manner.
(D) A death caused by suspected criminal abortion.
(E) A death while unattended by a physician, so far as can be discovered, or where no
physician able to certify the cause of death as provided in the Public Health Law and in
form as prescribed by the Commissioner of Health can be found.
(F)
A death of a person confined in a public institution other than a hospital, infirmary or
nursing home.
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