N.Y. County Law § 675: Advice, consultation, assistance, examinations, analyses and reports

§ 675. Advice, consultation, assistance, examinations, analyses and

reports. 1. A coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner shall

have authority when necessary in his opinion to consult with and to

request advice, consultation or other assistance from any officer of a

department of the state government, from any medical examiner of any

city or county, from any other coroner or coroner's physician of any

county, or from the head of any public health laboratory, police

laboratory or state or municipal laboratory or from any member of the

staff of such laboratory designated for such purpose by the head

thereof, or from any physician qualified to make postmortem examinations

and to testify thereon; and to request from any such person such tests,

examinations or analyses and reports with respect thereto as are

necessary in his opinion, with respect to the body of the deceased or

any part thereof or with respect to any other matter related to his

investigation.

2. Subdivision one of this section does not empower a coroner,

coroner's physician or medical examiner to incur charges against county

funds except as authorized by the board of supervisors.