Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the District of Columbia

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forensic pathology agency government agency medical examiner's office

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the District of Columbia is the government agency responsible for investigating deaths under unusual or suspicious circumstances and performing forensic autopsies in Washington, D.C.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the District of Columbia canonical	2

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	forensic pathology agency ⓘ government agency ⓘ medical examiner's office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	forensic pathology ⓘ medicolegal death investigation ⓘ public health ⓘ
hasDuty	assist law enforcement in criminal investigations involving deaths ⓘ collect and preserve forensic evidence from bodies ⓘ determine cause of death in certain cases ⓘ determine manner of death in certain cases ⓘ identify decedents in its jurisdiction ⓘ maintain official death records for cases under its jurisdiction ⓘ notify next of kin of decedents when possible ⓘ participate in public health surveillance through death data ⓘ respond to mass fatality incidents in the District of Columbia ⓘ testify in court as expert witness on cause and manner of death ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	Chief Medical Examiner of the District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf	District of Columbia government NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	forensic autopsies in Washington, D.C. ⓘ investigation of deaths under suspicious circumstances in Washington, D.C. ⓘ investigation of deaths under unusual circumstances in Washington, D.C. ⓘ medicolegal death investigation in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	for-profit: no ⓘ governmental: yes ⓘ nonprofit: no ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

District of Columbia public safety agencies → includesAgency → Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia health and human services system → hasPart → Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the District of Columbia ⓘ