Definitions

Definitions All definitions set forth in Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-53 shall apply in these Rules and Regulations. When used in these Regulations, the term Medical Examiner case means any human death required by Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-59 to be investigated and certified by the Medical Examiner. Autopsy is defined as the scientific postmortem examination of the body of a deceased person, or any portion thereof, by acceptable scientific methods that may include the least invasive to most invasive methods based on the expertise and judgment of the forensic pathologist handling the case. Positive Identification is defined as the identification of the physical remains of a deceased person by acceptable visual recognition and scientific methods that may include the least invasive to most invasive methods based on the case circumstances and the expertise and judgment of the forensic pathologist handling the case. State Medical Examiner as used herein includes the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the satellite office(s). Unidentified Human Remains are those human remains of a deceased person, regardless of condition, which are visually unrecognizable with or without a presumptive identification, or recognizable but lacking a presumptive identification.