O.C.G.A. § 45-16-11.2 (2019)
Monthly contingent expense allowance for the operation of the office of coroner
In addition to any salary, fees, or expenses now or hereafter provided by law, the governing authority of each of the counties in this state in the following population bracket is authorized to provide as contingent expenses for the operation of the office of coroner, and payable from county funds, a monthly expense allowance of not less than the amount fixed in the following schedule: Population 0 - 34,999
Minimum Monthly Expenses ................................................. $50.00
PUBLIC OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES
History
(Code 1981, § 45-16-11.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 902, § 18A; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 45/HB 142.)
Annotations
Cross references. - Death certificates generally, § 31-10-15 et seq. Criteria for determining death, § 31-10-16. OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Certification of cause of death. - It is the duty of the funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body to obtain medical certification of the cause of death; that medical certification should be completed and signed within 48 hours after death by the physician or osteopath in charge of the patient’s care for the illness or condition which resulted in death except when inquiry is required by the former provisions of the Post-mortem Examination Act. 1968 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 68-294. A coroner on own initiative may not change the nature of the death recorded on a death certificate based on a
subsequent jury verdict in criminal or civil proceedings. 1967 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 67-378. Eye witnesses not required. - By omitting from this article any reference to the absence of ‘‘eye witnesses’’ and including a reference to ‘‘sufficient evidence . . . to disclose the cause of death,’’ the General Assembly meant to and did relieve the several counties of the necessity to incur the expense of a post mortem and an inquest when there was sufficient evidence to establish the cause of death, whether or not there were eye witnesses. 1954-56 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 57.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Trials. - Pathology for Litigators, 77 Am. Jur. Trials 407. ALR. - Liability for wrongful autopsy, 18 ALR4th 858. Transplantation of organs, validity and construction of statutes organizing re-
moval of body parts for transplant, 54 ALR4th 1214. Homicide: cremation of victim’s body as violation of accused’s rights, 70 ALR4th 1091.