Coroner Duties

• Determines circumstances of death by directing work activities of staff physicians, technicians, and investigators.
• Determines cause of death by conducting inquests; performing autopsies; conducting pathological and toxicological analyses.
• Fixes responsibility for death by making scientific judgment of accidental, violent, or unexplained death.
• Provides information by testifying at inquests, hearings, and court trials.
• Secures inter-agency cooperation by coordinating interdepartmental activities of public health and law enforcement agencies.
• Maintains records by recording findings; documenting evidence; filing and retrieving information.
• Helps relatives obtain insurance and burial benefits by providing information concerning circumstances of death.
• Maintains unclaimed corpses by providing storage for required timeframe; arranging for disposition.
• Improves quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.
• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
• Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with health, sanitation, and legal regulations.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.