A person dies as a result of a carjacking. Who is responsible for signing the death certificate for this individual?
A. the chief of police
B. the mortician
C. the next of kin
D. the coroner
E. the physician
D. the coroner
In most states, it is against the law for an attending physician to sign a death certificate if the death was: possibly due to criminal causes, not attended by a physician within a specified length of time before death, due to causes undetermined by the physician, or violent or otherwise suspicious. In any of these cases, a coroner or medical examiner must sign the death certificate.
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