Medical Examiners' Commission


Contact Information

Carol Capron
401-222-5516




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The Commission consists of 12 members, 3 of whom shall be ex-officio members – the director of health, attorney general, and the superintendent of the state police. Also on the Commission shall be the president of the Rhode Island Medical Society, the president of the Rhode Island Society of Pathologists, the president of the Rhode Island Bar Association, the vice president of Brown University Division of Biological and Medical Sciences, the president of the Rhode Island Funeral Directors Association, and interested citizens. The meetings are held at the Department of Health, Chapin Building Library, 50 Orms St., Providence, Rhode Island 02904.
The Medical Examiners' Commission is established to hear and determine appeals to decisions by chief medical examiners regarding the undertaking of investigations, inquests, and autopsies, and shall advise the Chief Medical Examiner on matters of public concern.


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