Form CMEC-1 2023 Census of Medical Examiners and Coroners Offices (d

Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot and Field Studies for Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Collection Activities

Appendix D_CMEC 2023 PAPI

Cognitive Interviews for 2023 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices

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Form CMEC-1 OMB No. 1221-0296: Approval Expires 00/00/20XX

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Shape21 This survey is intended to collect information about your office’s death investigation functions. If your office is embedded within another department or type of office (e.g., law enforcement agency, mortuary), please only report details about the resources and practices related to death investigation functions.

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A1. What is the title of the head position in your office (e.g., Chief Medical Examiner, Coroner) and who holds that title?

Title:

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Name:

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Last Name

First Name

A2. Which of the following best describes your death investigation office?

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Coroner office

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Medical examiner office

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Law enforcement coroner office (e.g., Sheriff-coroner)

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District attorney or prosecutor office

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Justice of the peace

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My office does not

investigate deaths

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A3. What level of government best describes your office?

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City office

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County office

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District/regional office

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State office

A4. Which, if any, of the following provides administrative oversight of your office?

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Public health agency (e.g., department or division of public health)

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Law enforcement agency (e.g., department or division of public safety)

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Government attorney’s office (e.g., district attorney, attorney general)

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Department or division of forensic science

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Court system

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My office does not report to another agency

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A5. Is your office located within another business, such as a funeral home?

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Yes

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A6. What jurisdictions does your office serve (e.g., County, State, or Judicial District)? If you serve multiple jurisdictions, enter a comma (,) between each jurisdiction.

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Shape53 The following section collects information about staff who support death investigation functions at your office and includes questions about Autopsy Pathologists, Coroners/non-physician Medical Examiners/non-autopsy physicians, Death Investigators, other scientific support staff (e.g., Forensic Toxicologists, Forensic Analysts), ancillary staff (e.g., drivers, photographers, evidence technicians), and administrative staff (e.g., administrative assistants, record clerks, secretaries).

If an employee fills more than one role, please include them in their primary role.

For questions in this section, please consider the following definitions:

  • Full time employees: Staff directly employed by your office who have regularly scheduled hours and work on average 30 hours or more per week on death investigation functions.

  • Part-time employees: Staff directly employed by your office who have regularly scheduled hours and work on average fewer than 30 hours per week on death investigation functions.

  • Consultants/Contractors: Those who work for another company or as a consultant and are hired to work for your office, including locums tenens.

  • On-Call employees: Those who do not have regularly scheduled hours and only work on an as needed basis.

  • Vacancies: Positions for which your office has funds to staff but remain unfilled or open.

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A7. Did your office employ/contract any Autopsy Pathologists during the pay period that included December 31, 2023? Please include all full-time, part-time, consultants/contractors/locum tenens, and on-call Autopsy Pathologists.

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A8. How many Autopsy Pathologists did your office employ/contract in the following categories during the pay period that included December 31, 2023? Enter 0 if your office does not have staff in given category.

Full-time employees

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Part-time employees:

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Consultants/contractors/locum tenens:

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On-call employees:

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A9. How many full-time and part-time Autopsy Pathologists directly employed by your office in the pay period that included December 31,2023 were certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology (ABP)? Do not count contractors, consultants, or locum tenens. If none, enter 0.

Number of full-time autopsy pathologists certified by ABP in forensic pathology:

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Number of part-time autopsy pathologists certified by ABP in forensic pathology:

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A10. How were Autopsy Pathologists that performed autopsies for your office paid in 2023? Please include full-time and part-time employees and consultants/contractors/locums tenens. Select all that apply.

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Hourly

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Salary

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Stipend

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A11. What was the average annual salary (or annual salary equivalent if paid hourly or by stipend) for full-time and part-time Autopsy Pathologists employed by your office as of December 31, 2023?


Annual Salary or Equivalent

Not Applicable

  1. Average annual full-time salary (or salary equivalent if paid hourly or by stipend)


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A12. Did your office employ/contract any certified Pathologists Assistants to perform autopsies, separate from assisting in an Autopsy Technician role, during the pay period that included December 31, 2023?

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Shape80 A13. Did your office employ/contract any Coroners/non-physician Medical Examiners/non-autopsy physicians during the pay period that included December 31, 2023? Please include all full-time, part-time, consultants/contractors, and on-call employees. If an employee fills more than one role, please put them in their primary role.

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A14. How many Coroners/non-physician Medical Examiners/non-autopsy physicians did your office employ/contract in the following categories during the pay period that included December 31, 2023? Enter 0 if your office does not have staff in given category.

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A15. How were Coroners/non-physician Medical Examiners/non-autopsy physicians at your office paid in 2023? Please select all that apply.

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Stipend

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A16. What was the average annual salary (or annual salary equivalent if paid hourly or by stipend) for full-time and part-time Coroners/non-physician Medical Examiners/non-autopsy physicians employed by your office as of December 31, 2023?


Annual Salary or Equivalent

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  1. Average annual full-time salary (or salary equivalent if paid hourly or by stipend)


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Shape102 A17. Did your office employ/contract any Death Investigators during the pay period that included December 31, 2023? Please include full-time, part-time, consultants/contractors, and on-call employees. If an employee fills more than one role, please put them in their primary role.

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A18. How many Death Investigators did your office employ/contract in the following categories during the pay period that included December 31, 2023? Enter 0 if your office does not have staff in given category.

Full-time employees:

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A19. How many full-time and part-time Death Investigators directly employed by your office during the pay period that included December 31, 2023 were certified by the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)?

Number of full-time Death Investigators certified by ABMDI:

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Number of part-time Death Investigators certified by ABMDI:

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A20. How were Death Investigators directly employed by your office paid in 2023? Please select all that apply.

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A21. What was the average annual salary (or annual salary equivalent if paid hourly or by stipend) for full-time and part-time Death Investigators employed by your office as of December 31, 2023?


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Shape125 A22. Did your office have volunteer Death Investigators in 2023?

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Shape129 A23. How many volunteer Death Investigators did your office have in 2023?

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Shape131 A24. During the pay period that included December 31, 2023, did your office employ/contract scientific support staff (e.g., Forensic Toxicologists, Forensic Analysts or Chemists, other scientific investigative support staff) or ancillary staff (e.g., drivers, photographers, evidence technicians) with roles specific to death investigation functions? Include full-time, part-time, consultants/contractors, and on call-employees.

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A25. How many scientific support or ancillary staff with roles specific to death investigation functions did your office employ in the following categories during the pay period that included December 31, 2023?

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Shape140 A26. During the pay period that included December 31, 2023, did your office employ/contract any Administrative Staff (e.g., administrative assistants, records clerks, secretaries) who directly supported death investigation functions? Please include full-time, part-time, consultants/ contractors, and on-call employees.

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A27. How many Administrative Staff (e.g., administrative assistants, records clerks, secretaries) did your office employ/contract in the following categories during the pay period that included December 31, 2023?

Full-time employees:

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Shape149 A28. How many vacant or unfilled positions did your office have for each of the following roles during the pay period that included December 31, 2023? If none, enter 0.

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Autopsy Pathologists:

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B1. On what month and day does your office’s fiscal year begin (e.g., 01/01, 07/01, 10/01)?

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B2. How much did your office spend on death investigation functions in the most recently completed fiscal year?

  • If your office is part of a larger organization (e.g., sheriff-coroner, funeral home), only include expenses related to death investigation functions. If your office only functions as an MDI office, include your total expenses.

  • Include expenses paid by your office, such as, for autopsies, personnel, supplies and equipment, training, transportation, toxicology/ancillary testing, indigent burial, and body storage expenses related to MEC functions

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B3. Which of the following functions of your office are included in the total expenditures reported in B2? Select one for each row.

Expense

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  1. Autopsies

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Shape182 B4. In your most recently completed fiscal year did your office receive funding from any of the following? Select one for each row.

Funding/revenue source

Yes

No

Don’t Know

My office is not permitted to collect funds from this source

  1. American Rescue Plan Act/Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA/SLFRF)

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  1. Consultant fees/referral fees (e.g., autopsies, neuropathology)

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  1. Cremation waiver/authorization or permit fees

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B5. In 2023, did staff in your office use their own personal resources, or spend personal, out-of-pocket money for which there was no reimbursement, on any of the following? Select one for each row.

Expense

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  1. Personal protective equipment (PPE)

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C1. In 2023, were there any deaths that your office investigated or otherwise documented?

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C2. In 2023, what was the total number of deaths that your office investigated or otherwise documented?

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Shape223 C3. In 2023, did any of the deaths reported in C2 meet your office’s criteria to perform additional death investigation functions?

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C4. In 2023, for how many deaths did your office perform death investigative functions, beyond documenting the report of the death?

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Shape235 C5. In 2023, did any of the deaths reported in C2 meet your office’s criteria to determine cause and/or manner of death?

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C6. In 2023, for how many deaths did your office determine the cause and/or manner of death?

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Shape244 C7. In 2023, did your office receive any deaths from tribal lands? The term ‘tribal lands’ includes areas labeled Indian country, federal or state recognized reservations, trust lands, Alaska Native villages, and tribal communities.

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No - Our office does not have tribal lands in our geographic jurisdiction

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No - Our office receives deaths from tribal lands, but none were reported in 2023

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C8. In 2023, what was the total number of deaths from tribal lands that your office investigated or otherwise documented?

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Shape255 C9. In 2023, did any of the deaths from tribal lands reported in C8 meet the criteria for your office
to perform additional death investigation functions?

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Yes

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C10. In 2023, for how many deaths from tribal lands did your office perform investigative functions, beyond documenting the report of the death?

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C11. In 2023, did any of the deaths from tribal lands reported in C8 meet your office’s criteria to determine cause and/or manner of death?

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C12. In 2023, for how many deaths from tribal lands did your office determine the cause and/or manner of death?

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Shape273 These next questions ask about autopsies your office ordered or performed in 2023.

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C13. Did your office conduct medicolegal autopsies internally in 2023?

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C14. In 2023, how many medicolegal autopsies did your office conduct internally? Include referrals from other medicolegal death investigation authorities but exclude any private or hospital autopsies. Include both partial and complete autopsies.

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Number of medicolegal autopsies conducted internally

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Shape279 C15. Did your office order any medicolegal autopsies to be conducted externally in 2023?

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C16. In 2023, where were autopsies ordered by your office performed externally? Please select all that apply.

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C17. How many autopsies were performed for your office by private facilities/hospitals in 2023?

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C18. How far from your office is the autopsy facility or contractor your office uses most frequently?

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Shape295 C19. In 2023, as part of practice or policy, did your office routinely perform or order autopsies for the following types of deaths when determining cause and manner of death and signing the death certificate?

Type of death

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No

a. Drug related

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b. Elderly

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c. Homicides

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d. Motor vehicle deaths

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e. Suicide by firearm

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f. Suicide by hanging

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These next questions ask about your office’s medicolegal death investigations (MDI).

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C20. In 2023, did medicolegal death investigators in your office perform scene investigations?

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C21. In 2023, how many scene investigations did medicolegal death investigators conduct?

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Number of scene investigations

Shape314 C22. For those functions that are conducted internally by your office, who is primarily responsible for performing the following duties? Select one for each row.

Duty

Autopsy Pathologists

Coroners/
Non-physician Medical examiner/
non-autopsy physicians

Death Investigators

Other Internal Staff

Not applicable, this function is not performed by my office

  1. Determination of which deaths are accepted for further investigation

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  1. Determination of which deaths are autopsied

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  1. Determination of which deaths receive forensic toxicology testing

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C23. At the death scene, external examination/inspection, or at autopsy, did your office routinely perform drug screening tests (e.g., urine screen or Randox ®) in 2023?

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C24. After performing drug screening tests, did your office routinely confirm positive results with toxicology testing in a laboratory in 2023?

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Shape341 C25. For your office, who of the following is primarily responsible for notifying next of kin about the individual’s death?

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C26. In 2023, did your office respond to a multiple fatality event with four or more decedents?

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Shape351 C27. In 2023, how many multiple fatality events (4 or more decedents) did your office respond to?

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C28. Did your office need and/or use assistance from other jurisdictions to respond to multiple fatality events in 2023 for functions your office would normally complete independently?

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For the following questions, unidentified remains refer to remains that are unidentified for 60 days or more.

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D1. As of December 31, 2023, did your office have any records of remains that were unidentified for 60 days or more? Please include cases regardless of disposition of the remains.

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D2. In what year was the oldest case of unidentified remains currently on record reported to your office?

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D3. How many cases of human remains did your office have on record that were unidentified for 60 days or more as of December 31, 2023? Please include cases regardless of disposition of the remains.

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D4. How long does your office generally hold unidentified human remains before disposition?

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D5. How does your office dispose of unidentified human remains? Please select all that apply.

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D6. What biometrics and samples do you routinely collect before disposition of unidentified human remains? Please select all that apply.

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Dental records (charting)

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Dental Radiographs/X-rays

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Fingerprints

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Full body radiographs (X-ray, CT)

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Photos of identifying characteristics (e.g., tattoos, scars, etc.)

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Samples for DNA analysis (e.g., blood card/spot, bone)

Shape387 This next question asks about suspected drug overdose deaths in 2023.

D7. For suspected overdose deaths in 2023, did your office do the following for all deaths, some deaths, or not at all? Exclude delayed overdose deaths. Select one for each row.

Action

All deaths

Most deaths

Some deaths

None/My office does not do this

  1. Go to scene of death if outside of hospital

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  1. Order an autopsy

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  1. Draw toxicology specimens

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  1. Consult with a toxicologist before determining cause and manner of death

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E1. Did your office have a computerized system used to manage, compile, or track cases or evidence as of December 31, 2023? Such a system is also known as a computerized information management system or CMS. This does not include the use of Excel or other spreadsheet software to manage case information.

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E2. What is the primary reason your office does not have a CMS? Select one.

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Do not want CMS

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Funding

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Shape422 E3. For deaths reported to your office in 2023, how often was a narrative report of investigations produced, distinct from any logs, death certificates, law enforcement or autopsy reports?

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All deaths

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E4. Did your office have a written retention schedule for the following items in 2023? Select one for each row.


Yes

No

Not applicable, our office does not produce or use this

  1. Case records

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  1. Forensic toxicology specimens

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E5. Did your office maintain records for storage as hard copies, electronically, or both in 2023?

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E6. Upon the last administration change (e.g., appointment of a new medical examiner or election of a new coroner), did the current office administration receive comprehensive death records from the prior administration?

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E7. Does your office archive hard copies of your official investigative records and reports?

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E8. Does your office archive hard copies of your official investigative records and reports in the any of the following places? Select one for each row.

Location

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No

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  1. A regulated third-party storage facility (e.g., Iron Mountain)

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F1. As of December 31, 2023, did your office have access to the Internet, separate from a personal device, to use for official job functions?

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F2. As of December 31, 2023, did your office have a work vehicle dedicated to death investigation functions, separate from personal vehicles?

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Shape468 F3. As of December 31, 2023, did your office, or the agency with administrative oversight of your office, own a body storage cooler that you used for death investigation functions?

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Yes

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F4. What is the official maximum capacity of the body storage cooler(s)?

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Maximum capacity

Shape473 F5. Did your office have access to the following resources, either directly or through another agency, as of December 31, 2023? Select one for each row.

Resource

Yes, directly

Yes, through a partner agency

No access

  1. Criminal history databases

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  1. EMS records

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  1. Fingerprint databases

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  1. Law enforcement or other criminal records databases

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  1. Medical records databases

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  1. Prescription drug monitoring programs

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F6. In 2023, did staff at your office participate in any of the following trainings? Select one for each row.

Training or resource

Yes

No

  1. Mass fatality investigation

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  1. Disaster planning (e.g., National Incident Management System [NIMS])

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  1. Bloodborne pathogens

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  1. Proper lifting procedures

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F7. In 2023, did your office provide mental health/wellness support (e.g., counseling, therapy, peer support) for staff?

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Yes

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No

F8. In 2023, did your office participate in emergency response drills (e.g., state, county, regional or city)?

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Yes

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No

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Our state/region/county/city does not conduct emergency response drills

F9. In, 2023, did your office participate in any multidisciplinary review teams? For example, for child fatalities, elderly/vulnerable adult fatalities, or overdose fatalities?

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Yes

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F10. In 2023, did your office participate in the following multidisciplinary review teams?
Select one for each row.

Specialty area

Yes

No

My office did not have cases of this type in 2023

  1. Child fatality

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  1. Elderly/vulnerable adult fatality

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  1. Overdose fatality

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  1. Maternal death investigative team

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  1. Suicide investigative team

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Shape523 F11. In 2023, did your office participate in any of these data collection efforts or programs? Select one for each row.

Data collection

Yes

No

Don’t know

  1. National Missing and Unidentified Persons (NamUs)
    Sponsor: Department of Justice (DOJ)

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  1. National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
    Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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  1. State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS)
    Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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F12. In 2023, did your office directly provide the following support services or provide referrals for these services? Select one for each row.

Support service

Service directly provided

Referral to another entity or organization

No

  1. Advocates for families of victims

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  1. Grief and bereavement services for survivors (e.g., counseling or therapy, homicide survivor groups)

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  1. On-scene support or advocacy for bystanders or other family and friends of deceased

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F13. As of December 31, 2023, did your office have a dedicated family support specialist or counselor for family and friends of the deceased?

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Yes

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No

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Shape545 Thank you for your participation in the 2023 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices (CMEC).
Your feedback is very important to us!

Shape546 Please return your survey in the enclosed envelope or send to:

Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices

RTI International

ATTN: 0216093.000.005

5265 Capital Boulevard

Raleigh, NC 27690

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