These regulations are promulgated pursuant to the authority conferred by R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-4-2(a) and are established to provide minimum uniform standards governing the reporting, investigation, and disposition of reportable deaths to assist the Office of State Medical Examiners (OSME), the general public, law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and physicians to maintain an effective medical examiner system.
216 R.I. Code R. 216-RICR-60-10-1.1