PS4375-02b INQUEST CASE FILES Photographs and tissue slides. AV. Retention Note: The retention period of as long as administratively valuable is assigned to inquest-related documentation under (b) and (c) because the value of the various documents and photographs varies greatly depending on the circumstances of the death investigated. For example, the value of case papers arising from the investigation of a death that is subsequently certified as being from natural causes is generally much less than that in which the certification is homicide. In another example, personal property inventories, of minor value in a case in which the decedent died of natural causes and the property has been claimed, are often of crucial importance in a case in which the decedent has not been identified. PS4375-02c INQUEST CASE Requests and consents for autopsy; funeral home AV. See retention note for PS4375-02b. releases; reports of death; copies of cremation certificates; personal effects inventories; reports from law enforcement agencies, physicians, funeral homes, and hospitals; correspondence, subpoenas, and other court-issued process; copies of injury reports submitted to the Texas Department of Health; and similar documents relating to an inquest investigation. PS4375-02d INQUEST CASE FILES Notices of and documentation concerning organ 3 removal for transplant purposes. PS4375-03 INQUEST AND/OR AUTOPSY Logs or lists of deaths investigated and/or PERMANENT. Retention Note: The requirement that a autopsies performed. log or list of deaths investigated by a LOGS medical examiner be retained PERMANENTLY may be satisfied by the PERMANENT retention of an index to the inquest case files (see item number PS4375-02a). PS4375-04 MISSING PERSONS Reports on missing persons received from law AV. DOCUMENTATION enforcement and other agencies. Registers or log sheets recording the arrival and AV. PS4375-05 MORGUE REGISTERS removal of bodies from the morgue. PS4375-06 OUT-COUNTY AUTOPSY Originals or copies of reports of autopsies 5 years. RECORDS performed for other counties on a fee basis, including any associated photographs, tissue slides, and laboratory reports.
PS4375-02b INQUEST CASE FILES Photographs and tissue slides. AV. Retention Note: The retention period of as long as administratively valuable is assigned to inquest-related documentation under (b) and (c) because the value of the various documents and photographs varies greatly depending on the circumstances of the death investigated. For example, the value of case papers arising from the investigation of a death that is subsequently certified as being from natural causes is generally much less than that in which the certification is homicide. In another example, personal property inventories, of minor value in a case in which the decedent died of natural causes and the property has been claimed, are often of crucial importance in a case in which the decedent has not been identified. PS4375-02c INQUEST CASE Requests and consents for autopsy; funeral home releases; reports of death; copies of cremation certificates; personal effects inventories; reports from law enforcement agencies, physicians, funeral homes, and hospitals; correspondence, subpoenas, and other court-issued process; copies of injury reports submitted to the Texas Department of Health; and similar documents relating to an inquest investigation. AV. See retention note for PS4375-02b. PS4375-02d INQUEST CASE FILES Notices of and documentation concerning organ removal for transplant purposes. 3 PS4375-03 INQUEST AND/OR AUTOPSY LOGS Logs or lists of deaths investigated and/or autopsies performed. PERMANENT. Retention Note: The requirement that a log or list of deaths investigated by a medical examiner be retained PERMANENTLY may be satisfied by the PERMANENT retention of an index to the inquest case files (see item number PS4375-02a). PS4375-04 MISSING PERSONS DOCUMENTATION Reports on missing persons received from law enforcement and other agencies. AV. PS4375-05 MORGUE REGISTERS Registers or log sheets recording the arrival and removal of bodies from the morgue. AV. PS4375-06 OUT-COUNTY AUTOPSY RECORDS Originals or copies of reports of autopsies performed for other counties on a fee basis, including any associated photographs, tissue slides, and laboratory reports. 5 years.
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