{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-942","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-942","heading":"Report of findings","body":"A. 1. Upon completion of an investigation, the medical\n\nexaminer shall reduce his or her findings to writing upon the form\n\nsupplied to the medical examiner which shall be promptly sent to the\n\nChief Medical Examiner by mail.\n\n2. If the medical examiner finds that the deceased had illicit,\n\nprescription or nonprescription drugs in his or her system at the\n\ntime of death, the medical examiner shall document in his or her\n\nfindings if the death was:\n\na. a natural or accidental death with drug involvement,\n\nb. a homicide by drugs,\n\nc. a suicide by drug overdose, or\n\nd. a death with drug involvement, but the manner of death\n\ncould not be determined.\n\n3. A fatality shall not be considered a drug-related death\n\nunless the medical examiner determines that the drug or drugs\n\npresent in the deceased materially contributed to the death.\n\nB. Copies of reports shall be furnished by the Chief Medical\n\nExaminer to investigating agencies having official interest therein.\n\nCopies of reports shall also be furnished to the spouse of the\n\ndeceased or any person within one degree of consanguinity of the\n\ndeceased upon request and within five (5) business days of the\n\nrequest once the cause and manner of death have been determined and\n\nthe death certificate has been issued.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"2d004ae0f57c6441c7372b277d361b6c90ec863d5f13cfae98ec586b6172328d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-941b","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-942a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}