GroundRules
← Search the law
Oklahoma · Snapshot open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-942: Report of findings

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. OK Code
  2. Title 63

A. 1. Upon completion of an investigation, the medical

examiner shall reduce his or her findings to writing upon the form

supplied to the medical examiner which shall be promptly sent to the

Chief Medical Examiner by mail.

2. If the medical examiner finds that the deceased had illicit,

prescription or nonprescription drugs in his or her system at the

time of death, the medical examiner shall document in his or her

findings if the death was:

a. a natural or accidental death with drug involvement,

b. a homicide by drugs,

c. a suicide by drug overdose, or

d. a death with drug involvement, but the manner of death

could not be determined.

3. A fatality shall not be considered a drug-related death

unless the medical examiner determines that the drug or drugs

present in the deceased materially contributed to the death.

B. Copies of reports shall be furnished by the Chief Medical

Examiner to investigating agencies having official interest therein.

Copies of reports shall also be furnished to the spouse of the

deceased or any person within one degree of consanguinity of the

deceased upon request and within five (5) business days of the

request once the cause and manner of death have been determined and

the death certificate has been issued.

Collected 2026-09-14T18:32:36Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection