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Does Tennessee have a Coroner or Medical Examiner system?

April 26, 2017coroner Examiner medical system Tennessee

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Does Tennessee have a Coroner or Medical Examiner system?

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Currently, Tennessee has a medical examiner style system. There is an appointed State Chief Medical Examiner, whose responsibilities include administering the archives of the state’s Postmortem Examination Division, providing education and training for the County Medical Examiners, and medicolegal consultation for state and local officials. Each county in Tennessee has a locally appointed County Medical Examiner who is responsible for medicolegal death investigation in their respective counties. They may perform the autopsies personally or contract with a pathologist to perform the autopsies for them. Currently, Dr. Levy serves as the State’s Chief Medical Examiner and County Medical Examiner for Metro Nashville and Davidson County.