National Association of Medical Examiners Position Paper: Recommendations for the Documentation and Certification of Disaster-Related Deaths

From the ∗Associate Medical Examiner, District Twelve Medical Examiner's Office, Florida

†Chief Medical Examiner, Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, Chicago, IL

‡Vital Statistics Section, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin TX

§Retired Chief Medical Examiner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia, Richmond, VA

∥Executive Director, International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners, Las Vegas, NV

¶Chief Deputy Coroner, Ada County Coroner’s Office, Boise, ID

#Fatality Management and Inspection Unit Coordinator, New Jersey Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner, Trenton, NJ

∗∗RTI International

††State Medical Examiner, Office of the State Chief Medical Examiner, Tennessee, Department of Health

‡‡Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office, Buffalo, NY

§§Charleston County Coroner, Charleston County Coroner's Office, North Charleston, SC; President, International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners

∥∥Director, Montgomery County Forensic Services Department, Conroe, TX

¶¶Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner Department, Hauppauge, NY

##Former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, Los Angeles, CA

∗∗∗Deputy Medical Examiner, DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Washington, DC

†††Senior Deputy Coroner, Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department, Santa Ana, CA.

Manuscript received April 3, 2023; accepted May 9, 2023.

The authors report no conflict of interest.

Reprints: Suzanne Utley, MD, District Twelve Medical Examiner's Office, Florida. E-mail: [email protected].

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